Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man
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It cleaned you out to raise the ransom.
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So I thought, "I gotta find a way"
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"to force her to use the ransom money."
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Thank you very much. It seemed nutty
to everybody, it did to my wife,

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but I believed in it because...
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Mrs Williams, you have no conscience,
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and that's your weakness.
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Did it ever occur to you that
there are very few people

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that would take money
to forget about a murder?

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It didn't, did it? I knew it wouldn't.
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No conscience - it limits your imagination.
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You can't conceive of anybody
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being any different than what you are.
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And you're greedy.
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And that's why, as bright as you are -
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and you're bright -
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you believed that Margaret could be bought.
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Get to the point. Come on.
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Here's the point, Mrs Williams. You see?
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You were set up.
I arranged it all with Margaret.

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I told Margaret
if she really wanted to nail you,

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she had to force you
to use the ransom money.

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Oh. Ah.
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You're very lucky, Lieutenant.
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No.
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Congratulations. You're very smart.
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- So are you.
- Thank you.

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Forgive the charade about the briefcase
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but we had to make sure the money
was in there before we arrested you.

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- Would you like to finish your sherry?
- I don't want any more.

1:28:57
Would you advise Mrs Williams
of her rights and drive her downtown?


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