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#160: The Case of the
Unsuitable Uncle
Original Airdate: 11/08/62

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From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
The rowdy Southern California docksides provide the backdrop for this episode. When Dickie Durham shows up in L.A. after having spent the last nineteen years roaming the high seas, he turns the town upside down--until someone kills him. Perry is called in to defend Dickie's longtime shipmate "Lord Harry" Fothergill for the murder. But Harry not only wouldn't kill for money, when he is cleared of the murder charge, he pleads that he doesn't want the problems and burdens his $100,000 inheritance would bring.

Does he seem like one of a kind? Paula Durham (Barbara Parkins of "Peyton Place") is also in Dickie's will. She and Harry argue over who should get the money--they each want the other one to take it all. Funnyman Harvey Korman (of "The Carol Burnett Show") appears as a dockside bar owner.

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Cast

Sean McClory as Harry Fothergill
Liam Sullivan as Dickie Durham
Ford Rainey as Russell Durham
Howard Smith as Frank Warden
George Kane as Gil Simpson
Barbara Parkins as Paula Durham
Anna Lee as Crystal Durham
Charles Irving as Judge
Harvey Korman as Coleman (Bartender)
Paula Winslowe as Night Court Judge
Harp McGuire as Officer
Harry Bartell as Handwriting Expert
Fern Barry as Helen (Maid)
George E. Stone as Court Clerk

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