#156: The Case of the
Playboy Pugilist
Original Airdate: 10/11/62
Summary Edit
From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Old-time boxing trainer Jimmy West thinks he has finally found his "boy." He believes he can make a champion boxer out of Davey Carroll (played by Gary Lockwood, one of the spacemen in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey).
Jimmy's plans go awry when he is framed for murder.
Credits Edit
Cast
Gary Lockwood as Davey Carroll
Dianne Foster as Lori Richards
Dolores Michaels as Jo Sands
Robert Armstrong as Jimmy West
Mark Roberts as Tod Richards
Anthony Caruso as Keith Lombard
Joseph Sirola as George Hale
Mort Mills as Sergeant Landro
Sally Bliss as Kay McKenzie
John Gallaudet as Judge
Stewart Taylor as Sparring Partner
Dee Stratton as Switchboard Opr. #1
Ben Erway as Hotel Manager
Mae Clarke as Switchboard Opr. #2
Pepper Curtis as Blonde
Dennis Richards as Mechanic
Marty Brenman as Bell Captain
Tom Simcox as Waiter
Trivia Edit
+Old time movie star Mae Clarke has a small part here as the switchboard operator. It would be her only appearance in the Perry series. Mae Clarke will forever be remembered at the recepient of a grapefruit in the face from Jimmy Cagney in the movie "The Public Enemy". Mae Clarke was also the wife of Henry Frankenstien in the classic movie "Frankenstien". Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 28 August 2009.
Location: About 20 minutes in after a drunken night Davey Carroll talks to Perry and Paul outside the Courthouse. This is actually the Malibou Lakes Clubhouse and was also used in other episodes. See #113 for photos. Malibou Lakes was used in Perry Mason episodes 7, 26, 45, 71, 113, 195, 210, 261. It has been featured as a location in the classic "Frankenstein" see post above for ironic connection. Malibou Lake has been in clasics "Huckleberry Finn" Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" and more recently the "Story of Us" and "Must Love Dogs." It is also walking distance from locations where they shot "Planet of the Apes," the TV show "MASH" and the Gillette estate where they currently film "The Biggest Loser." Submitted by Eric Cooper 11 May 2010.
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