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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.

+Chuck Hamilton, as the Postal Inspector, makes his first of four appearances on Perry in this episode. Even though Mr. Hamilton made four appearances, this is the only one in which his name appears in the credits. Mr. Hamilton was born in 1903, and of this date is yet alive. Mr. Hamilton holds the present record for oldest alumni of the Perry show at 106 years of age. Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 6 August 2009.

+Stuart Erwin makes his first of four appearances here playing Austin Durrant. From 1950 until 1955 Mr. Erwin starred in his own sitcom "The Stu Erwin Show" aka "The Trouble With Father". Stuart Erwin was a long time actor who, believe it or not, was nominated in 1937 for an Academy Award in the supporting actor category. He lost out to Walter Brennan for "Come and Get It". Mr. Brennan was also the star of an early television sitcom "The Real McCoys". Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 24 November 2009.

Location: Durrant Art Gallery building was at 23732 Pacific Coast Highway near the intersection of Webb Way and PCH which was down the hill just a couple hundred yards from where Raymond Burr lived at the time. Posted by Eric Cooper 10 April 2010

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