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#153: The Case of the
Lonely Eloper
Original Airdate: 05/26/62

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
A naive young woman, Merle Telford, is about to turn twenty-one and receive a trust fund big enough to take most of us around the world in style. She plans on running away from her guardians and eloping with Danny Pierce as soon as she gets the money. Little does Merle know that Danny is planning to bilk her, using her companion, Gina, as an accomplice.

Merle's Aunt Olivia and Uncle Howard know of her plans and hire Paul Drake to keep Merle from fleeing the night of her twenty-first birthday party.

Paul feels more like a baby-sitter than a detective, casing the party and keeping an eye on Merle--until a murder is committed during the party and Merle becomes the prime suspect.

Credits Edit

Cast

Jack Ging as Danny Pierce
John Dall as Julian Kirk
Jana Taylor as Merle Telford
Joan Staley as Gina Gilbert
Jorja Curtright as Olivia Langley
Wesley Lau as Lt. Anderson
Paul Tripp as Howard Langley
Billy Halop as Corbett
Kenneth MacDonald as Judge
Carol Andreson as Margo Stevens
John Zaremba as Doctor Wales
Ralph Reed as Messenger
Pepper Curtis as Guest
Maurice Wells as Doctor
Holly Harris as Doctor's Wife

Trivia Edit

+Billy Halop makes his first of three appearances here on Perry playing Corbett. Billy Halop began his acting career in the play/movie "Dead End", playing one of the little tough guys. He made several more movies along with the other little tough guys, but quit before they became the Bowery Boys. Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 12 August 2009.

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