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#168: The Case of the
Prankish Professor
Original Airdate: 01/17/63

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Professor Ronald Hewes suspects someone of trying to murder him. The stuffy, staid English teacher is the best-selling author of L'Affaire Annabelle. Trouble is, he stole the idea for the book from a term paper written by one of his students, who killed herself two years before. The prof is getting pressure from the dead girl's sister for a payoff. Hewes is also paranoid that his wife Laura wants his money and that she might be trying to do him in. Hewes plans on divorcing her and hires Perry to mediate the property settlement. When someone stabs the professor to death, Perry defends the accused--Laura Hewes.

Credits Edit

Cast

Kent Smith as Dr. Curtis Metcalfe
Constance Towers as Esther Metcalfe
Patricia Breslin as Laura Hewes
Barry Atwater as Professor Hewes
Don Dubbins as Ned Bertell
Joyce Van Patten as Sally Sheldon
John Gallaudet as Judge
Barbara Pepper as Mrs. Williamson
Jack Searl as Ollie Benson
John Bryant as Mike Estridge
Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice
Harold Goodwin as Clerk
Chris Washburn as Moncton

Trivia Edit

+This would be the final of four appearances on Perry for Barbara Pepper playing Mrs. Williamson. Her first appearance was way back in 1957, TCOT Vagabond Vixen. Hard as it may be to believe now, Ms. Pepper began her career as a chorus girl for Ziegfeld Follies. She was a platinum blonde blue eyed knockout until her husband's accidental death in 1949. After that she took to the bottle and let herself go until she became the person you see in this episode (she was only 48 when this episode aired). Her final significant role would be as Doris Ziffel, the mother of a pig on the cornfield comedy "Green Acres". She died at the age of 54 in 1969. Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 9 September 2009.

Location: Looking for Sally Sheldon about 27 minutes into the episode we see a quick exterior shot of the Culver Hotel. This is a very famous hotel. Read more about it here and visit its website for the full story. Posted by Eric Cooper 27 May 2010.

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