<< Ice-Cold Hands | Episodes | Nervous Neighbor >>

#198: The Case of the
Bountiful Beauty
Original Airdate: 02/06/64

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Does murder mean never having to say you’re sorry?

When Stephanie Carew is found floating in a swimming pool, everyone supposes her death was accidental. But the coroner’s verdict is murder, since she actually died in the ocean. The police have just learned some unsettling information about best-selling novelist Deborah Dearborn, and it ties her in to the murder. Now Perry has a new client.

Ryan O’Neal, who brought us to tears when Ali McGraw kicked the bucket, plays John Carew.

Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in Erle Stanley Gardner’s
The Case of THE BOUNTIFUL BEAUTY
Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Trailing

Directed by Irving J. Moore
Written by Robb White
Arthur Marks \ Art Seid | Producers
Gail Patrick Jackson | Executive Producer
Jackson Gillis | Associate Producer
Samuel Newman | Story Consultant

Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
Barbara Hale as Della Street
William Hopper as Paul Drake
William Talman as Hamilton Burger
Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg
Wesley Lau as Lt. Anderson

Cast

Sandra Warner as Stephanie Carew
Ryan O’Neal as John Carew
Zeme North as Deborah Dearborn
Douglas Fowley as Rubin Cason
John van Dreelen as Gideon Long
Maxwell Reed as Chet Worth
Jean Carson as Mrs. Mitchell
John Zaremba as Medical Examiner
Sydney Smith as Judge
George Cisar as Neighbor
Fifi D’Orsay as Mrs. Davis
Lonie Blackman as Miriam Worth
Barbara Wilkin as Switchboard Operator
Fern Barry as Maid

Uncredited Actors
Don Anderson as Courtroom Spectator

Crew

“Perry Mason”
Director of Photography … Howard Schwartz, A.S.C.
Art Direction … Lewis Creber
Assistant Director … Gordon A. Webb
Film Editor … Al Clark, A.C.E
Casting … Harvey Clermont
Makeup … Irving Pringle
Hair Stylist … Annabell
Wardrobe Supervision … Ed McDermott, Evelyn Carruth
Set Decoration … Carl Biddiscombe
Properties … Ray Thompson
Production Sound Mixer … Herman Lewis
Script Supervision … Marshall Schlom
Theme Composed by … Fred Steiner
Automobiles Supplied by … Ford Motor Company

Perry Mason
Produced by the CBS Television Network in association with Paisano Productions

Trivia Edit

Check here for Perry’s office address and telephone number. The girl in the scene doesn’t seem to be wearing colored nail polish but the pointing finger is. The same finger is also seen in #265. Submitted by daveb, date unknown.

Location: About 15 minutes in, there is a quick shot of Los Angeles International Airport with a glimpse of the Googie styled “Theme Building.” It looks like a space-aged bug or flying saucer on legs. I have read it was the inspiration for buildings in the cartoon the Jetson’s. I have eaten at the cool eatery at the top called the Encounter Restaurant. Also appears in Episode #177. Submitted by Eric Cooper, 8 July 2010. Some pictures here.

The Curious Coffee Set shows up next to the sink at Miss Dearborn’s seaside home. Submitted by gracenote, 3/7/2011.

Sightings/Uncredited Actors: In the courtroom gallery sit Quiet Old Man #1 and Don Anderson, watching Perry work his magic. Submitted by gracenote, 3/7/2011.
+ At the airport, a blurry Distinguished Gentleman #1 smiles at his escrot as they walk in the background. Submitted by gracenote, 8/9/2011.

At least in the print that I saw, the Miriam Worth character had no dialogue at all—just a few ominous looks! Submitted by Ed Zoerner, 9/16/2011.

Comments Edit

Score another for classic overused stereotypes: the wicked stepmother. Submitted by gracenote, 3/7/2011.

The music played on the phonograph while Miss Dearborn frolics at the seashore might be from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. Submitted by gracenote, 3/7/2011.

Does anyone recognize the voice on the telephone, whom Long addresses as Herb? It sounds familiar… Submitted by gracenote, 8/9/2011.

<< Ice-Cold Hands | Episodes | Nervous Neighbor >>