"Perry Mason" The Case of the Misguided Model (1966)

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Director:

Jerry Hopper

Writers:

Ernie Frankel (writer)
Orville H. Hampton (writer)

TV Series:

"Perry Mason" (1957)

Original Air Date:

24 April 1966 (Season 9, Episode 27)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Twist | Beautiful Woman | Suspect | Coroner | Secretary

Cast

Raymond Burr	...	Perry Mason
Barbara Hale	...	Della Street
William Hopper	...	Paul Drake
William Talman	...	Hamilton Burger
Richard Anderson	...	Lt. Steve Drumm
Mary Ann Mobley	...	Sharon Carmody
Paul Lukather	...	Dennis 'Duke' Maronek
Anthony Eisley	...	Rudy Blair
Rita Lynn	...	Fern Bronwyn
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Howard Davis	...	Policeman #1
Lisa Davis	...	Receptionist
Don Dubbins	...	Deputy D.A. Vincent
Darlene Enlow	...	White Snow #1
Lauren Gilbert	...	Dave Bronwyn
James Griffith	...	Jake Stearns
Armand Harrison	...	Ira Dewitt
Harry Holcombe	...	Judge
Jim Johnson	...	Policeman #2
Bob Legionaire	...	Road Block Officer (as Robert Legionaire)
Lee Miller	...	Sgt. Brice
Eddie Quillan	...	Agent
Isabel Randolph	...	Madam Rosa Bruening
Sarah Selby	...	Woman Clerk

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Paisano Productions

The Case of the Commercial Spokesbore

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Mary Ann Mobley plays actress/model Sharon Carmody, who is one of the finalists for the most boring commercial spokesperson I've ever seen: the White Snow Queen. But she's been threatened and asks former boxer Duke Maronek (Paul Lukather) to walk her home. But when they arrives at Carmody's apartment, Duke is attacked in the dark and a big fight breaks out. When the lights are finally turned on, Duke and Sharon discover the body of the man who threatened her lying on the ground. Afraid of a scandal that will ruin her chances of becoming the boring White Snow Queen, Carmody convinces Duke it was self-defense and he should dump the body in a dumpster in an alley. Duke later confesses the deed to his lawyer, Perry Mason, but refuses to turn himself in. When two time loser Jake Stearns (James Griffith) is charged with the crime, Perry is on the spot. As an officer of the court, he can't let another man get convicted for a crime he didn't commit, yet because of attorney-client privilege he can't reveal what he knows. Or can he? In a story unlike anything done today, or in real life, Mason decides his obligation to justice trumps attorney-client privilege! Fortunately he's off the hook as he begins to investigate if Duke really did kill the man he thinks he did.

The show ends with a very atypical scene with Duke holding off the police with a high powered rifle in a mountain cabin. Perry ignores Lt. Drumm and walks up to the cabin unarmed, hoping to talk Duke into surrender.