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#162: The Case of the
Weary Watchdog
Original Airdate: 11/29/62

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
This is the episode where Della asks Perry how far he would go for a friend and then asks for $25,000. Della needs the money for her friend Janet Brent, who is being blackmailed. Edward Franklin, an employee of Janet's husband, has staged compromising photos of her in a motel.

At a party, Janet confronts Franklin and hits him with a small statue of a "weary watchdog." The police arrest Della when they find her driving Janet's car from the scene of the argument.

Franklin is dead, struck three times on the head with the statue. Janet claims she only hit him once and Perry believes her.

Perry takes the case knowing that if he loses, Della will go to prison as an accessory. There is a surprise in the plot, when a Red Chinese slave market is uncovered.

Credits Edit

Cast

Mala Powers as Janet Brent
Doris Dowling as Zaneta Holmes
John Dall as Edward Franklin
Keye Luke as C. C. Chang
Wesley Addy as Alton Brent
Judy Dan as Trixie Tong
James Hong as Dean Chang
Kenneth Tobey as Asst. District Attorney Alvin
Philip Ahn as James Wong
Willis Bouchey as Second Judge
Robert S. Carson as Commodore Holmes
Beulah Quo as Mrs. Tong
Seamon Glass as Policeman
Tom Harkness as First Judge

Trivia Edit

"During the last act, Mason quotes a rule of law from Flynn vs Croates. I think this was a real case." Submitted by Bill Sullivan, 1/22/06. Indeed it was! A quick visit to Westlaw and a $14 search finds: Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio, Flinn v. Krotz, March 30, 1927. This case does apply to Perry's situation as amicus curiae. Perry's citation, "293 South Western Reporter 625," is also correct.

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