Perry Mason The Case of the Angry Mourner (1957–1966) Online
- Original Title :
- The Case of the Angry Mourner
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Crime / Drama / Mystery
- Year :
- 1957–1966
- Directror :
- William D. Russell
- Cast :
- Raymond Burr,Barbara Hale,William Hopper
- Writer :
- Erle Stanley Gardner,Francis M. Cockrell
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 52min
- Rating :
- 8.2/10
Carla Adrian is watching home movies with neighbor Mark Cushing who is in a wheelchair after an accident. After the movie, Cushing makes a pass at Carla ripping her blouse causing her to leave. Later that evening Cushing's neighbor Sam Burris awakens his wife Betsy telling her he heard a shot. They then hear a scream causing Betsy to get up and look at the Cushing house with binoculars. She sees broken glass followed by Belle Adrian, Carla's mother, walking inside the house. Sam calls the sheriff who finds Cushing murdered and Carla's car parked nearby. Due to rain that night, footsteps are found connecting the Cushing house with the car, the Adrian house, and the Burris house. Perry on vacation in a nearby cabin receives an early visit from Belle asking for help in keeping her daughter's name out of the commotion surrounding the case. However, Perry soon finds himself having to defend Belle from the charge of murdering Cushing based on evidence the Sheriff found at the Adrian house ...
Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Raymond Burr | - | Perry Mason | |
Barbara Hale | - | Della Street | |
William Hopper | - | Paul Drake | |
William Talman | - | Hamilton Burger (credit only) | |
Ray Collins | - | Police Lt. Arthur Tragg (credit only) | |
Sylvia Field | - | Belle Adrian | |
James Westerfield | - | Sheriff Elmore | |
Joan Weldon | - | Marion Keats | |
Paul Fix | - | District Attorney Hale | |
Dorothy Adams | - | Betsy Burris | |
Malcolm Atterbury | - | Sam Burris | |
Barbara Eden | - | Carla Adrian | |
Peter Nelson | - | Harvey Delano | |
Eve McVeagh | - | Nora Fleming | |
Addison Richards | - | George Lansing |
To get the thumbprint of an important witness, Perry has one of Paul's operatives impersonate a motorcycle cop in order to obtain the witness' driving license. This is probably the most blatant illegality ever perpetrated by a member of Perry's defense team.
William Boyett, who has one scene as a motorcycle cop, some ten years later played Martin Milner and Kent McCord's police sergeant on the long-running "Adam-12" TV series.
When Sam and Betsy are using their binoculars to see what's going on after hearing gun shots. The telescope effect seen from their point of view is what's seen when binoculars are properly adjusted. The special effect seen in many movies and TV shows especially before the 1980's frequently showed the over lapping optical fields. But that is only seen in improperly adjusted binoculars. When used properly the two fully over lap and one circular image is seen.
Watch for a young Barbara Eden ('I Dream of Jeannie (1965)') as Carla Adrian.
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