<< Fickle Fortune | Episodes | Wintry Wife >>

#111: The Case of the
Waylaid Wolf
Original Airdate: 02/04/61

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book (Revised)
Loring Lamont is a wealthy skirt-chaser whose latest target is yummy Arlene Ferris, his father’s secretary. Lamont tricks her into coming to his beachfront “wolf’s lair” in a complicated series of deceptions. After a pitcher of martinis, Lamont makes his move. She slaps him and flees, but the cad pursues her, forcing her to steal his car to get back to town.

But Arlene’s troubles are only beginning. After she leaves, someone stabs Loring to death. She's the number one suspect. Perry believes that the murder really had something to do with blackmail and with a telephone conversation Loring had shortly before Arlene left him.

We get a rare look at Perry’s apartment in this episode when he is visited by two of the thuggiest thugs on TV (complete with dark suits and white ties). The place seems tastefully appointed, loaded with houseplants, and equipped with a fireplace.

Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in Erle Stanley Gardner’s The Case of THE WAYLAID WOLF
Barbara Hale as Della Street
William Hopper as Paul Drake
Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg

Trailing

Directed by Gene Fowler, Jr.
Teleplay by Jonathan Latimer
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

Robert Karnes as Deputy D.A. Chamberlin
Rebecca Welles as Edith Bristol
Andra Martin as Arlene Ferris
Laurie Mitchell as Madge Elwood
Tony Travis as Loring Lamont
Barry Atwater as George Albert
Benson Fong as Colong Kim
Robert Carricart as Orvel Kingman
Frances Fong as Frances Kim
I. Stanford Jolley as Jerome Henley
Morris Ankrum as Judge
Bill Cord as Police Officer Lyons
Irvin Ashkenazy as Tom Grimes
Elizabeth Harrower as Woman Apt. Manager
Tiger Joe Marsh as Al
Pitt Herbert as Coroner's Physician
Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice
George E. Stone as Court Clerk

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
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

Anomaly: Benson Fong, listed as Colong Kim, is exclusively called Oolong Kim in the show. [Marc Dashevsky]

Goof: When Orvel Kingman and his goon Al pay a late-night visit to Perry, something funny happens with the door to the apartment. Submitted by cobolpoet, 8/14/2007. Some pictures here.
+ Another goof: About 2/3 of the way through the episode, as Perry and Della are driving together, Della mistakenly refers to the Madge Elwood character as “Marge.” Submitted by Ed Zoerner, 5/20/2011.

Sgt. Brice gets to testify in this episode, but Perry does not cross examine him. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 20 August 2009.

Perry does not appear in the wrap up scene, leaving Paul to bring together the loose ends for Della. This is the only episode I can remember that Raymond Burr acted in where he did not appear in the final scene. There must be some sort of explanation for this, other than the show being written this way. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 20 August 2009. + Not the only, but perhaps the first. See next episode. Submitted by gracenote, 7/6/2011.

Tiger Joe Marsh makes his only Perry appearance here playing the goon Al. Joe Marsh was a professional wrestler and Tiger was only his stage name. Al gets lots of face time in the episode, but only one line. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 20 August 2009.

Once again in this episode Della wears her “D S” pendant written in script. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 21 August 2009.

Location: Guard Gate appearing numerous times at the start of the episode and again about 37 minutes into the episode is the front gate at Hollywood Center Studios where Perry was being filmed at the time at 1040 N. Las Palmas. See Episode #78 and 1040 N. Las Palmas page on this wiki for more information and photos. Compare the iron gate design in this episode with vintage photos, the lines above and below “Stop” at the guard gate and the leftmost window location and accent line horizontally across building in the center background for similarities. Posted by Eric Cooper, 9 March 2010.

Sightings: Five of our courtroom regulars appear in this episode and all of them sit on the “defense” side. Distinguished Lady #2 and the Pencil Mustache Man sit next to each other in the first row. The Quiet Old Man (#1) sits next to the Little Old Lady in a Hat in the second row. And Distinguished Gentleman #1 sits next too “Oolong Kim” in the back row. At times, however, during the “wide shots,” we don’t see that Gentleman at all. On Day 2 of the hearing, the Gentleman moves to the prosecution side (except for one cutaway when he “teleports” back to the side of Oolong Kim) and the Pencil Mustache Man is gone. Submitted by Kenmore, 9/21/2010.
+ And “Miss Carmody” makes six: she has good vantage point on the defense side. Read about her and all the other regulars here. Submitted by gracep, 11/4/2010.

Location: There is a very quick shot of the Santa Monica Pier on the DVD at 5:51 mark. If you blink you will miss it. Submitted by Eric Cooper, 7 October 2010.

Talman returns? In the previous episode we celebrated the the return of William Talman (as Hamilton Burger) to the cast. However, he is missing from the credits to this episode, and will be from several to come. Submitted by gracep, 11/4/2010.

Comments Edit

Jerome Henley (I. Stanford Holley) makes a curious remark. As he is showing Mason and his escort some fancy hi-fi equipment, he assures them it is “discophonic, of course.” From what I can tell, there is no such word used at the time (or now), even among audiophiles. Perhaps he meant “stereophonic” as that would have been novel in the early 1960s. Submitted by gracep 11/4/2010.

William Talman is missing again from this episode and the next episode. Perhaps there were filmed before he was rehired? Submitted by gracep 11/4/2010.

<< Fickle Fortune | Episodes | Wintry Wife >>