Perry Mason: The Case of the Provocative Protegee (1960)
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It looks like suicide when hasbeen concert pianist David Carpenter (Gregory Morton) plunges off a cliff. Then the suspicion arises that Carpenter was actually murdered so that his wife Anita (Virginia Field) could collect his life insurance. But Anita is not the client of Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) in the subsequent preliminary hearing: instead, Carpenter's sexy protegee Donna Ross (Kathie Browne) has been charged with the murder. (Trivia note: the original TV Guide listings identify the suspect as "Donna Loring", a name presumably changed at the last minute for legal reasons). Robert Karnes makes his first appearance as Deputy DA Chamberlin, one of several temporary replacements for absentee regular William Talman (DA Hamilton Burger). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Morris Ankrum - Judge
- Barry Cahill - Sgt. Binns
- Robert Karnes - Deputy DA Chamberlin
- Robert Lowery - Andrew Collis
- George E. Stone - Court Clerk
- Harry Jackson - George Worthington
- Cindy Courtland - Alice
- Kathie Browne - Donna Ross
- Charles Cooper - Eric Sturgis
- Jon Lormer - Autopsy Surgeon
- Gregory Morton - David Carpenter
- Virginia Field - Anita Carpenter
- Donald Foster - James Gracie
- Director(s):
- Laslo Benedek
- Writer(s):
- Herman Epstein, Seeleg Lester
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