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#132: The Case of the
Posthumous Painter
Original Airdate: 11/11/61

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Everyone knows that dead artists sell more paintings than live ones do. Jack Culross is an artist who puts that theory to the test. He fakes his own suicide, and sure enough, sales of his paintings go through the roof. Trouble is, he didn't let his wife, Edna, in on the scheme. When she sees a painting of his that she knows he didn't finish, she starts to get wise.

Culross contacts Edna, but they fight and she knocks him down. Later, Culross is found dead for real and at first, Edna's brother is arrested for the murder. Then Edna herself stands accused. Perry takes the case and sets out to determine just who knew the "dead" artist was really alive before he was murdered.

Credits Edit

Cast

Stuart Erwin as Austin Durrant
George Macready as Dr. Vincent Kenyon
Carol Rossen as Linda Burnside
Lori March as Edna Culross
Karl Held as David Gideon
Wesley Lau as Lt. Anderson
Jason Evers as Clint Miller
Britt Lomond as Jack Culross
James Griffith as Walter Hutchings
Nelson Leigh as Judge
John McNamara as Robert Shelby
Vera Marshe as Woman
Don Lynch as Deputy
Paul Barselow as Resident
Chuck Hamilton as Postal Inspector

Trivia Edit

The painting "The Three Witches" also appears in #187, TCOT Reluctant Model. See appearances here. Submitted by Xanthippe Svanström, 12/24/03.

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