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Synopsis[]
When his stepbrother is found dead, a man is charged with murder and is accused of using his sleepwalking as a cover-up. In a complicated case Mason must secure a divorce for his client from his golddigger ex-wife and then defend his client from a murder charge. The prosecution seems airtight when Steve Harris [Engaged to Defendant niece] claims to overheard a phone conversation between the ex-wife and the clients Business partner lawyer; however Mason proves that the witness is the killer when he proves that the witness identification of the ex wives house is a fraud! His motive was to frame his Uncle to be for murder so his soon to be wife will inherit and he'll be rich!
Gallery[]
He's Going to Kill Me!
You'd Be Lying
When is Your Divorce Final?
Good Morning, Mr. Mason
Your Step-Brother is Dead
That Feels Good
What Did You Do?
Now, Mr. Harris
Cast[]
- Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
- Barbara Hale as Della Street
- William Hopper as Paul Drake
- William Talman as Hamilton Burger
- Ray Collins as Arthur Tragg
Guest Starring[]
- John McNamara as Peter Cole
- Hillary Brooke as Doris Cole
- John Archer as Frank Maddox
- Nancy Hadley as Edna Hammar
- Darryl Hickman as Steve Harris
- Helen Mowery as Lucille Mays
- Thomas B. Henry as Ralph Duncan
- Harry Hickox as Phillip Kendall
- Kenneth MacDonald as Judge
- Tony Michaels as Jackson
- Clark Howat as Policeman
- Fred Graham as Sheriff
- Joey Ray as Detective
- Jack Harris as Court Clerk
- Don Anderson as Juror (uncredited)
- Uncredited as Margaret
- Uncredited as Gertie (voice)
Trivia[]
References[]
- Santa Barbara
- Los Angeles, California
- Cole Enterprises
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Joshua Hotel
- Paul Drake Detective Agency
- McCarran Field
- Farnsworth Hotel