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

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
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 "wolfs lair," on the pretext of having her do some extra typing for him. But after a pitcher of martinis, Lamont makes a move on her. 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. Quick-sighted fans will catch a blooper, though, when the crooks call on Perry. In two separate but adjacent scenes, Perry and one of the thugs both close the apartment door.

Credits Edit

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

Trivia Edit

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

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, 8/14/07. Some pictures here.

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