Perry Mason: The Case of the Counterfeit Crank (1962)
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After he is seen literally throwing his money away, eccentric businessman Gus Dalgran (Otto Kruger) is locked up in a mental instution. Dalgran's far from loyal employees decide to use his absence as an opportunty to double-cross him, whereupon he escapes--and then things really get out of hand! Can it be that Dalgran was merely feigning insanity to cover up the murder of his duplicitous nephew Kenneth (Don Dubbins)? And what clues will Perry Mason find while visiting the military base which also figures into the story? Featured in the cast is a young Burt Reynolds, as well as soap-opera veteran John Larkin, who had previously starred in the radio version of Perry Mason. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Jerry Hopper
Synopsis of Perry Mason: The Case of the Counterfeit Crank
After he is seen literally throwing his money away, eccentric businessman Gus Dalgran (Otto Kruger) is locked up in a mental instution. Dalgran's far from loyal employees decide to use his absence as an opportunty to double-cross him, whereupon he escapes--and then things really get out of hand! Can it be that Dalgran was merely feigning insanity to cover up the murder of his duplicitous nephew Kenneth (Don Dubbins)? And what clues will Perry Mason find while visiting the military base which also figures into the story? Featured in the cast is a young Burt Reynolds, as well as soap-opera veteran John Larkin, who had previously starred in the radio version of Perry Mason. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Perry Mason: The Case of the Counterfeit Crank
- John Larkin - Jay Fenton
- Connie Hines - Sandra Dalgran
- Charles Irving - Judge #1
- Paul Langton - Bertram Telford
- Paul McGuire - Deputy Turner
- William Woodson - Dr. Jackman
- Burt Reynolds - Chuck Blair
- Michael King - Don Morley
- Barney Biro - Judge #3
- Don Dubbins - Kenneth Dalgran
- John Hubbard - Joseph Tayback
- Otto Kruger - Gus Dalgran
- S. John Launer - Judge #2
- Jeanette Nolan - Martha Blair
- Russ Bender - Deputy Bowman
- William Joseph Keene - Bank Teller
- David Saber - Joe Fanning
- Director(s):
- Jerry Hopper
- Writer(s):
- Robert Leslie Bellem
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