Perry Mason The Case of the Vanishing Victim (1957–1966) Online
- Original Title :
- The Case of the Vanishing Victim
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Crime / Drama / Mystery
- Year :
- 1957–1966
- Directror :
- Harmon Jones
- Cast :
- Raymond Burr,Barbara Hale,William Hopper
- Writer :
- Erle Stanley Gardner,Ernest Frankel
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 8.5/10
Stacey Fielding is a renowned pharmaceutical chemist who is apparently killed when the private airplane he was piloting crashed and burned. Prior to his departure, he had been drinking from a flask of whiskey his wife prepared for him and made an offhand remark that she would like nothing better than to see him dead. His wife, Miriam Fielding, hires Perry and Paul to check into her husband's alternate life, including checking out an apartment he had to look for $100,000 in missing funds. But all they find is an empty wall safe and the picture of his mistress, so Perry is concerned he may be being set up. After the crash, Miriam Fielding is arrested and charged with murder. She hires Perry Mason to defend her but the forensic evidence doesn't support the charge and he manages to get her released only to have D.A. Hamilton Burger re-arrest her on the charge. Perry believes there's something else going on and can't help but think that the ongoing theft of pharmaceuticals from the factory...
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Raymond Burr | - | Perry Mason |
 | Barbara Hale | - | Della Street |
 | William Hopper | - | Paul Drake |
 | William Talman | - | Hamilton Burger |
 | Richard Anderson | - | Lt. Steve Drumm |
 | Lisa Gaye | - | Laraine Keely |
 | Jeanne Cooper | - | Miriam Fielding |
 | George Wallace | - | Stacey Fielding |
 | Richard Erdman | - | Jud Bennett |
 | Russell Arms | - | Reed Kavanaugh |
 | John Matthews | - | F.A.A. Investigator |
 | S. John Launer | - | Judge Telford |
 | John Goddard | - | Al Dolby |
| Carl Prickett | - | Operations Clerk |
| Carol Brewster | - | Ruth Kavanaugh |
This episode has the first reference to the Vietnam War in the series.
The only episode in which the murderer is exposed in the judge's chambers.
When Paul Drake is talking talking to Ruth Cavanaugh he orders a drink before they sit down. When they were through Paul had a drink but no one brought it to the table.