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#136: The Case of the
Renegade Refugee
Original Airdate: 12/09/61

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From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
A journalist is murdered while tracking an ex-Nazi who may be posing as an executive at a company called Space Associates Ltd. Perry comes to the aid of an American ex-GI who is charged with the killing and is still suffering from his own "cowardly" past.

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Cast

Frank Overton as Father Paul
Dick Foran as Harlan Merrill
Paul Lambert as Lawrence Vander
John Sutton as Clifton Barlow
Karl Held as David Gideon
Wesley Lau as Lt. Anderson
Ronald Long as Arthur Hennings
Jennifer Howard as Winifred Dunbrack
Donna Atwood as Phylis Merrill
Denver Pyle as Emery Fillmore
John Gallaudet as Judge
William Boyett as Buck Osborn
John Lormer as Autopsy Surgeon
Robert Nash as Colonel
Victor Izay as Mr. Jones
Jess Kirkpatrick as Lou Kouffman
Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice
Jo Summers as Miss Gibsone

Trivia Edit

Location: Serra Retreat. One of the amazing things about Perry Mason is they don't disguise location. This episode set at a retreat in a Francisan Order is in fact an actual Francisan Order in Malibu that does offer retreats. The 50 room mansion was first built by the Rindge Family in the 1920's. The Rindges owned all of Malibu at one time but got in costly lawsuits with the government and railroads over access through their property. Consequently they ran out of money and were never able to complete the structure, selling it to the Francisan Order in 1942. Serra Retreat as it is now known is closed on weekends but you can visit it for free during the week. Access is off of Pacific Coast Highway. There is a guard gate but if you tell them you are going to Serra Retreat they will let you through. The Rindges were also known for their Adohr Farms Dairy in Encino (Adohr is Rhoda Rindge's first name backwards) and their world famous Malibu tiles. Rhoda's Rindges home called the Adamson House is on the beach directly across from the entrance to Serra Retreat. It is now a historical landmark and well worth the $5 docent tour. Posted by Eric Cooper August 13, 2009.

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