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#105: The Case of the
Loquacious Liar
Original Airdate: 12/03/60

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Trouble breaks out when a man breaks into Lester Martin’s apartment and forces Lester at gun-point to drink half a bottle of scotch and then drives him to the country. Thus begins a nightmarish journey for Lester, as he becomes involved in a kidnapping (his own), stock takeovers, and murder.

Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in The Case of THE LOQUACIOUS LIAR
Based Upon Characters Created By Erle Stanley Gardner

Barbara Hale as Della Street
William Hopper as Paul Drake
Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg

Trailing

Directed by Arthur Marks
Written by Michael Morris
Seeleg Lester | Producer
Gail Patrick Jackson | Executive Producer
Arthur Marks | Associate Producer
Produced by The CBS Television Network in association with Paisano Productions
Jackson Gillis | Story Consultant

Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
Barbara Hale as Della Street
William Hopper as Paul Drake
Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg

Cast

H. M. Wynant as Deputy D.A. Sampson
Bruce Gordon as Judson Bailey
Lurene Tuttle as Emma Bailey
Wynn Pearce as Lester Martin
Regis Toomey as Sam Crane
Melora Conway as Lois Rogers
Jeanne Baird as Marge Fuller
Baynes Barron as The Man
S. John Launer as Judge
Dorothy Adams as Wilma Stone
Michael Fox as Autopsy Surgeon
John Truax as The Stranger
Lori Kaye as Photo Girl
George E. Stone as Court Clerk

Uncredited Actors
Don Anderson as Courtroom Spectator

Robert Wegner as {	Bartender
	Man

Crew

Art Seid, A.C.E. | Assistant to the Producer

Production Supervisor … Dewey Starkey
Director of Photography … Frank Redman, A.S.C.
Art Direction … Lewis Creber
Assistant Director … Morris Harmell
Film Editor … John D. Faure
Casting … Harvey Clermont
Makeup … Irving Pringle
Hair Stylist … Annabell, S.C.H.
Wardrobe Supervision … William Zacha, Evelyn Carruth
Set Decoration … Charles Q. Vassar
Sound Effects Editor … Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Music Editor … Gene Feldman
Properties … Ray Thompson
Production Sound Mixer … Herman Lewis
Script Supervision … M.E.M. Gibsone
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Titles and Opticals … Pacific Title

Perry Mason \ A Film Presentation
A CBS Television Network Production

Trivia Edit

Some of the exact same music from the fight scene in the quarry can be heard in North By Northwest. The connection is probably the film’s original music composer, Bernard Herrmann, who also did music for Perry Mason. Submitted by Adam Kamil, 11/26/04.

Location: The house featured in the opening and again 3 minutes later is at 2600 Park Oak Dr. near Griffith Park. Submitted by Eric Cooper 1 October 10. Some pictures here.

Cups from the Curious Coffee Set can be seen in Perry's office. More info here. Submitted by daveb, 12/30/10.

Sightings: “Miss Carmody” and Distinguished Gentleman #1 watch Mason at work in the courtroom. Read more about these favorite frequent faces. Submitted by gracep, 10/26/2010.
+ Uncredited Actors: Robert Wegner appears ever so briefly as a bartender at Carelli’s. We see him mainly in profile and with his back turned. He makes a second appearance, but I won’t spoil it for you (see Comment section for spoiler if you’ve seen the episode). Meanwhile, Don Anderson looks pensively on from the courtroom gallery. Submitted by gracep, 10/26/2010.
+ Continuity: Don Anderson appears on both sides of the courtroom gallery at different points during the hearing. So does “Miss Carmody” Submitted by gracep, 10/26/2010.

Comments Edit

Here’s another title where the alliteration proves better than the relevance. None of the liars in the episode is especially loquacious! Ed Zoerner 4/27/10

Near the end, Robert Wegner makes a surprise appearance as an actor (hired by Paul Drake) pretending to be the man everyone has been looking for, the man who took the defendant from the cottage at the show’s beginning. I won’t completely spoil it by telling you why, but it makes for an exciting ending! Such an important role, in my opinion, but no credit for it! Submitted by gracep, 10/26/2010.
+ At least as Drake is paying Wegner’s character, the detective says, “Friend, you’ve earned your one hundred bucks.” For the first time ever, I believe, we see Wegner smile! Submitted by gracep 10/26/2010.

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