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#147: The Case of the
Melancholy Marksman
Original Airdate: 03/24/62

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From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
When Ted Chase finds out that his very unpopular second wife, Irene, may have killed his beloved first wife, he wants revenge. Ted contemplates knocking off this jezebel who has caused him so much pain, but someone gets to Irene first and takes her out for other reasons.

The chase is on for the killer and the police accuse Ted of the crime. Perry comes to the rescue with evidence of Irene's sordid past and many enemies. Ted is shocked to find his late second wife was even more corrupt than he had imagined.

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Cast

Paul Richards as Ted Chase
Jeff Donnell as Sylvia Dykes
Mari Blanchard as Irene Chase
William Schallert as Len Dykes
Ann Rutherford as Ellen Chase
Wesley Lau as Lt. Anderson
Peter Baldwin as Tony Benson
Jesse White as Cecil
Edward Ashley as Charles Vale
Cindy Robbins as Mabel Richmond
S. John Launer as Judge
John Harmon as Expert
John Straub as Doctor
Jon Lormer as Medical Examiner
Betsy Hale as Betty Chase
Shari Lee Bernath as Anne Chase

Trivia Edit

In one scene, Cecil the bartender (Jesse White) is just telling the punchline to a joke: "So, he says, 'If it would a happened one minute sooner, I'd had a fractured skull.'" This evidently was an in-joke of the writer's because this is the punchline of a vulgar joke known variously as "Lucky Louie" or "Lucky, Lucky, Lucky." Submitted by Henry McNulty, 6/5/03. [Jokes morph all of the time and searches on those names may not easily find this one so, as a public service, here is a similar joke.]

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