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#2: The Case of the
Sleepwalker's Niece
Original Airdate: 09/28/57

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
In this episode Perry must defend a man with a motive. Peter Cole walks in his sleep and has been found more than once roaming the house, unaware of his actions. One night, he was even found standing over someone's bed holding a knife. Now he's been accused of stabbing a man who was attempting to extort money from him and block the progression of his divorce. Cole hires Perry to handle his difficult defense.

Perry needs all the encouragement he can get. Thanks to Della, he gets it in the famous shoulder-rubbing scene.

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Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of The Sleepwalker's Niece
Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Trailing

Directed by William D. Russell
Teleplay by Laurence Marks, Gene Wang
Ben Brady Producer
Produced by CBS Television in association with Paisano Productions
Gail Patrick Jackson Executive Producer
Sam White Associate Producer

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

Cast

John McNamara as Peter Cole
Hillary Brooke as Doris Cole
John Archer as Frank Maddox
Nancy Hadley as Edna Hammar
Darryl Hickman as Steve Harris
Helen Mowery as Lucille Mays
Thomas B. Henry as Ralph Duncan
Harry Hickox as Phillip Kendall
Kenneth MacDonald as Judge
Tony Michaels as Jackson
Clark Howat as Policeman
Fred Graham as Sheriff
Joey Ray as Detective
Jack Harris as Court Clerk

Crew

Gene Wang Story Editor
Production Supervisor J. Paul Popkin
Director of Photography Frank Redman, A.S.C.
Art Direction Lyle Wheeler, Lewis Creber
Assistant Director Maxwell Henry
Editorial Supervisor Art Seid, A.C.E.
Makeup Mel Burns
Wardrobe Supervision Dick James
Set Decorations Walter M. Scott, Charles Q. Vassar
Properties Ray Thompson
Recorded by Alfred Bruzlin
Rerecording Mixer Harry M. Leonard
Script Supervisor Cosmo Genovese

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1957 Ford Skyliner retractable, black (Mason), 1957 Plymouth convertible. From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

Comments Edit

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