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"Perry Mason" The Case of the Counterfeit Crank (1962)
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Robert Leslie Bellem (writer)
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28 April 1962 (Season 5, Episode 27)
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A Crazy Case more (1 total)
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Raymond Burr | ... | Perry Mason |
| Barbara Hale | ... | Della Street |
| William Hopper | ... | Paul Drake |
| William Talman | ... | Hamilton Burger |
| Ray Collins | ... | Lt. Arthur Tragg |
 | Otto Kruger | ... | August Dalgran |
| Jeanette Nolan | ... | Martha Blair |
| Don Dubbins | ... | Kenneth |
| Connie Hines | ... | Sandra |
| John Larkin | ... | Jay Fenton |
 | Burt Reynolds | ... | Chuck Blair |
| Michael King | ... | Don Morley |
| William Woodson | ... | Dr. Jackman |
| Paul Langton | ... | Bertram Telford |
| Charles Irving | ... | Judge #1 |
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60 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
An okay mystery helped out a great deal by the guest cast. This time Perry is representing an elderly client named August Dalgren (Otto Kruger in the second of his four appearances) who is judged to be incompetent after tossing money out the window of his Hollywood (you can see the walk of the stars below) office building. But then he escapes from the institution threatening to kill his nephew. When the nephew turns up dead, Perry has a murder case on his hands.
Kruger is terrific as Dalgren and shows a lot of levels to the character. I remember him as the assistant DA in "Another Thin Man" and frankly, this guy can be fun to watch. Connie Hines is familiar to many as Wilber Post's wife on "Mr. Ed". Here she gets to play a bit against type as the cheating wife who cares nothing for her husband, but again there's more to her character than that. And Burt Reynolds turns in a solid performance in a small role as Chuck Blair, a loyal worker and friend to Dalgren. This is back when Burt actually cared and it shows. When he wanted to, he could be a really good actor. Rounding out the cast was Jeannette Nolan as Burt's mom, Dalgren's loyal secretary and William Woodson as Dr. Jackman the psychiatrist. While you've seen Nolan everywhere, Woodson is also very familiar...if you close your eyes and listen. He did a lot of narration in his career, particularly in cartoons. It's nice to finally put a face to the voice.