Perry Mason: The Case of the Midnight Howler (1966)
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Future Hill Street Blues star Dan Travanti (still billing himself as "Travanty") is cast as Barney Austin, the abrasive host of a late-night radio call-in show (one of several 1960s takeoffs of volatile talkmeister Joe Pyne). In mid-broadcast, Austin receives a note instructing him to place an on-the-air call to his boss Kevin Steele. As a result, the vast radio audience hears the sound of an argument, followed by two gunshots--and not long afterward, Holly Andrews (Myrna Fahey) is accused of Steele's murder. Normally, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) would enter the story at this point as Holly's defense attorney; instead, because he was listening to Austin at the time of the murder, Perry is subpoenaed as a witness for the prosecution! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Phil Arnold - Mechanic
- Cathleen Cordell - Clara Michaels
- Pitt Herbert - Medical Examiner
- Lee Patterson - Dan Thorne
- Ian Wolfe - Abel Jackson
- Dan Travanty - Barney Austin
- Alan Baxter - Gorden Sellers
- Myrna Fahey - Holly Andrews
- Lee Miller - Sgt. Brice
- Grandon Rhodes - Judge
- Marc Desmond - Control Room Man
- Director(s):
- Jesse Hibbs
- Writer(s):
- Robert Kent
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