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#117: The Case of the
Cowardly Lion
Original Airdate: 04/08/61

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
This case involves nothing less than:

    a) a stolen gorilla named Toto
    b) a shady zoo dentist
    c) a lion charged with murder
    d) a zoo curator charged with murder
    e) bigamy
    f) international drug smuggling

Perry has to defend d when b is murdered. No wonder his rates are so high.

Credits Edit

Cast

Carol Rossen as Hilde Fursten
Fred Beir as Tony Osgood
Phyllis Coates as Frieda Crawson
Leslie Bradley as Dr. Walther Braun
Warren Kemmerling as Boris Zelbowski
O. Z. Whitehead as Harry Beacom
Betty Lou Gerson as Trudie Braun
Paul Birch as Sec. Officer Crawford
Paul Langton as Prosecutor Green
Eddie Quillan as Bookkeeper Keller
Mack Williams as Second Judge
Bill Quinn as First Judge
Norman Leavitt as Crime Lab Technician
Art Lewis as Immigration Clerk
Ralph Manza as Dr. Prince
Bert Remsen as Lt. White

Trivia Edit

Anomaly: Paul Langton, listed as Prosecutor Green, is called Mr. Telford twice by Perry in court. He was Deputy D.A. Telford in #101.

Comments Edit

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