Perry Mason: The Case of the Twice-Told Twist (1966)
- Director(s):
- Arthur Marks
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Perry Mason's one-and-only color episode is a loose adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The "Fagin" character is slimy art collector Benjamin Huggins (Victor Buono), who with the assistance of henchman Bill Sikes (Scott Graham) masterminds a teenage car-stripping gang. Murder rears its ugly head when 18-year-old gang member Lennie Beale (Kevin O'Neal) is charged with killing Sikes, apparently as retaliation for Sikes' shooting of Lennie's girlfriend Robin Spring (Lisa Seagram). Even though he had previously been robbed by Lennie, Perry (Raymond Burr), in true "Mr. Brownlow" fashion, agrees to defend the boy in court. One of the seventy-six Perry Mason episodes removed from the series' original 1966 syndication package, "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist" was finally rebroadcast on cable TV in the early 1990s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Victor Buono - Benjamin Huggins
- Beverly Hills - Sue
- Helen Kleeb - Welfare Worker
- Kevin O'Neal - Lennie Beale
- Lisa Seagram - Robin Spring
- Dan Tobin - Terrance Clay
- Will J. White - Deputy DA
- Lisa Pera - Donna Reales
- Ken Johnson - Lester
- Coby Denton - 1st Officer
- Harry Holcombe - 1st Judge
- Byron Morrow - Trial Judge
- Judson Pratt - Tom Loman
- Nicholas Surovy - Tick Gleason
- Harlan Warde - Sgt. Roddin
- Jim Farley - 3rd Officer
- Scott Graham - Bill Sikes
- Marc Rambeau - Jody Laird
- Director(s):
- Arthur Marks
- Writer(s):
- Orville H. Hampton, Ernest Frankel
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