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#113: The Case of the
Angry Dead Man
Original Airdate: 02/25/61

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Willard Nesbitt is dead and he wants to keep it that way.

He supposedly drowned in a boating accident. But it's almost a moot point--his doctors had told him he only had a short time to live anyway. He wants his delicious young wife Eve to collect on his double-indemnity life insurance policy. But when his crooked business partner illegally cuts Eve out of a $500,000 gold deal, Nesbitt must rise from the dead to warn her. Then someone kills him for good. Eve is naturally a suspect as the police smell insurance fraud. It's up to Perry to set them straight.

Credits Edit

Cast

Gloria Talbott as Eve Nesbitt
Edward Binns as Lloyd Castle
Les Tremayne as Willard Nesbitt
Gordon Jones as Second Deputy
Carol Ohmart as Jenny Bartlett
James Millhollin as Ben Otis
Frank Ferguson as Prof. Laiken
Naomi Stevens as Fanny Werbler
Karl Held as Bruce Nesbitt
Wally Brown as John Givney
Ray Montgomery as First Deputy
Juney Ellis as Receptionist
Kenneth R. MacDonald as Judge
Phil Chambers as Anderson
Charles Stroud as Court Clerk

Trivia Edit

Error: Lloyd Castle, on the stand, refers to Jenny Bartlett as Miss Barton. Later, on the stand, Perry correctly calls her Bartlett.

Location: This is another episode shot around Malibou Lake. There are two scenes that show the Clubhouse building. The main differences are the Haven Motel sign and the Coke machine. Submitted by Eric Cooper, 2/12/08, via email. Posted by daveb. A picture of the building and some screen shots can be found here. Read more at The Lakes.

+Karl Held makes his first appearance on Perry playing Bruce Nesbitt. He will make 8 more appearances in season 5 playing David Gideon, Perry's assistant each time. Submitted by PaulDrake33.

Comments Edit

+The title of this show "Angry Dead Man" brings to mind a cute joke. This man tells his friend he was just forced to shoot a dog. His friend asks him "Was it a mad dog"? He tells his friend "Well the dog sure wasn't too happy about it". Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 10 Nov 2009.

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