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#114: The Case of the
Blind Man's Bluff
Original Airdate: 03/11/61

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
When a crooked jewelry store salesman learns that he needs an operation that will temporarily blind him, he plans to rob his own store, his sightlessness providing him the perfect alibi. But when someone kills him and steals the already-pinched jewels, a desperate young man is charged with the crime and contacts Perry to see him through.

Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in The Case of THE BLIND MAN’S BLUFF
Based Upon Characters Created By Erle Stanley Gardner
Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Trailing

Directed by Laslo Benedek
Written by Adrian Gendot and Samuel Newman
Art Seid | Producer
Gail Patrick Jackson | Executive 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
William Talman as Hamilton Burger
Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg

Cast

John Conte as Karl Addison
George Macready as Charles Slade
Jean Allison as Helen Slade
Jack Ging as James Kincannon
Berry Kroeger as Edgar Whitehead
Merry Anders as Adele Bentley
Nelson Leigh as Judge
Benny Rubin as Sassano
Alexander Lockwood as Doctor
Arthur Hanson as Sgt. Ferris
Geraldine Wall as Mrs. Cartwright
Sid Clute as Jack Shaw
Bart Conrad as Charlie
Susan Davis as Miss Padway
George E. Stone as Court Clerk

Uncredited Actors
Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice
Robert Wegner as Plainclothesman
Don Anderson as Uniformed Officer

Crew

Production Supervisor … Dewey Starkey
Director of Photography … Frank Redman, A.S.C.
Art Direction … Lewis Creber
Assistant Director … Gordon A. Webb
Film Editor … Richard H. Cahoon, A.C.E.
Casting … Harvey Clermont
Makeup … Irving Pringle
Hair Stylist … Annabell
Wardrobe Supervision … Edward McDermott, 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: Bart Conrad’s character, listed as Charlie, is called Eddie by Sgt. Ferris. Posted by daveb, 12/20/2007; ed. by gracenote, 7/7/2011.

Benny Rubin makes his only appearance on Perry here playing Sassano. Benny Rubin was a veteran character actor dating back to 1928, mostly on radio. He was a favorite of Jack Benny, appearing 47 times on television and numerous times on radio. His usual persona was as the Jewish schmuck set upon by life. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 3 September 2009.

Sightings: Today in the courtroom gallery we see Distinguished Gentleman #1. Read about him and other regulars here. Submitted by gracep, 11/10/2010.
+ If am not mistaken, the aforementioned gentleman is also the security guard in the opening scene. (Not sure because the neck looks a little ropy.) Submitted by gracenote, 7/7/2011.

Uncredited Actors: Robert Wegner appears as a curious plainclothesman looking over the shoulder of Sgt. Ferris as he explains how he plans to nab a thief, but he lingers behind when they go on the trail. He turns up, however, at the penthouse apartment; he leans over the coping down at the gruesome sight below. Later, Lee Miller plays yet another unacknowledged Sgt. Brice. Submitted by gracep. 11/11/2010.
+ Don Anderson is the uniformed officer who takes notes and gestures with his pencil during a line-up. Submitted by gracenote, 7/7/2011.

The “Black-Ray” that Sgt. Ferris talks about is a brand of ultra-violet lamp with a spot bulb. In fact, the current product looks very much the model used by Ferris. I guess if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it! Submitted by gracep, 11/11/2010. Some pictures and more here.
+ If you watch closely at the second activation of the “Black-Ray” lamp, you will notice that the footprints thus revealed move along the floor slightly—indicating that they are, in reality, being projected upon the floor. Submitted by daveb, 11/12/2010.

I am watching this show on MyTV 21-2 Harrisburg, PA on 3/11/2011, exactly 50 years from the original broadcast, less about 6 hours. I wonder how often the shows appear on the same day as originally shown? Submitted by geoffs, 3/11/2011.

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