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#187: The Case of the
Reluctant Model
Original Airdate: 10/31/63

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Someone actually puts one over on Perry in this episode. When wealthy art connoisseur Otto Olney throws a party to celebrate his purchasing a rare painting by Gauguin, he is furious when a party guest named Durant says that the painting is actually a fake.

Perry comes up with a plan to have Olney sue Durant for libel. But here's where Perry's been had. Durant claims he never said anything about the painting and the only witness, a woman named Maxine, agrees.* When Perry tries to get in touch with her, he learns she's left for an art school and won't testify. Since he can't catch up with her, he tries her apartment for a clue and finds the dead body of Colin Durant, fully clothed, in Maxine's shower. The police get to Maxine when Paul does and arrest her for the murder of Colin Durant. Perry takes the case and is thrust into the world of art collectors and art forgers.

Credits Edit

Cast

John Larkin as Otto Olney
Robert Brown as Goring Gilbert
Joanna Moore as Grace Olney
Margaret Hayes as Leslie Rankin
John Dall as Colin Durant
Erin O'Donnell as Maxine Lindsay
Carl Prickett as Oscar Pickering
Charles Irving as Judge
Shirley Mitchell as Ticket Woman
Kitty Kelly as Agnes Newton
Walter Mathews as First Reporter
Dick Garton as Second Reporter
Noel Drayton as Art Expert
Ida Mae McKenzie as Housewife
Julia Faye Thomas as Assistant In Art Gallery
Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice
Lindsay Workman as Yacht Steward
Louise Lane as Critic

Trivia Edit

The painting "The Three Witches" also appears in #132, TCOT Posthumous Painter See appearances here. Submitted by Xanthippe Svanström, 12/24/03.

The painting seen in the hall outside Goring Gilbert's place can also be seen in #146, TCOT Absent Artist, and #260, TCOT Sausalito Sunrise. See here. Submitted by Leah, 1/29/03.

The "Crying Cherub" painting from #89, TCOT Crying Cherub, and seen in #146, TCOT Absent Artist, can also be seen in Goring Gilbert's studio. Submitted by daveb, date unknown.

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