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#181: The Case of the
Witless Witness
Original Airdate: 05/16/63

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From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
The story starts with Perry actually losing a case. More accurately, he's losing an appeal. Though the details are never discussed, the first scene sets up Perry's relationship with the sitting appellate judge, a man named Daniel Redmond.

Redmond is up for the nomination for lieutenant governor. But he learns that Martin Weston, a hopeless alcoholic, will testify that the judge was involved in a plot to defraud the government back in 1943.

Things get really complicated when the charges soon include homicide, as Weston is found poisoned and Redmond is arrested.

Several of TV's familiar faces appear in this episode, including David White ("Betwitched"), Jackie ("Uncle Fester") Coogan, and Florida Friebus, who played the mother in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis."

With its unusual, well-played plot, and some more dramatic than usual music and highly atmospheric lighting--especially in scenes that take place in the judge's chambers--this is one of the best episodes of the Mason series and a fitting end to the show's 1962-63 season.

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Cast

Robert Middleton as Judge Daniel Redmond
David White as Victor Kendall
Jackie Coogan as Gus Sawyer
Steve Brodie as Quinn Torrey
Florida Friebus as Marian Lamont
Rita Lynn as Madge Eberly
Vaughn Taylor as Martin Weston
Lee Bergere as James Wall
Harry Holcombe as Senator Deering
Grandon Rhodes as Judge
Larry Thor as Commentator
Michael Fox as Autopsy Surgeon
Henry Hunter as Attorney
Jason Johnson as Second Senator

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