Perry Mason: The Case of the Surplus Suitor (1963)
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This is the last of four consecutive episodes in which Perry Mason appears only briefly, while a "guest" lawyer handles the case at hand (Raymond Burr was at the time recovering from minor surgery). Walter Pigeon stars as corporation lawyer Sherman Hatfield, who in Perry's absence tackles his first murder case. Hatfield's client is scatterbrained Hollis Wilburn (Joyce Bulifant), charged with the murder of her uncle John Wilburn (Carl Benton Reid), a high-profile industrialist who was being blackmailed by someone who knew of his illegal Swiss bank account. Excluded from the original Perry Mason syndicated rerun package in 1966, this episode would not be seen again until it was shown on cable TV in the mid-1990s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jimmy Cross - Cabbie
- Joyce Bulifant - Hollis Wilburn
- Linden Chiles - Vernon Elliot
- Russ Grieve - Cop
- Walter Pidgeon - Sherman Hatfield
- Grandon Rhodes - Judge
- Jean Harvey - Janitress
- James Best - Martin Potter
- Nellie Burt - Mrs. Abernathy
- Lisa Davis - Receptionist
- Andrea King - Jean Crewe
- Carl Benton Reid - John Wilburn
- Hayden Rorke - Gage McKinney
- John Siegfried - Alex Gaussner
- Director(s):
- Jesse Hibbs
- Writer(s):
- Robert C. Dennis
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