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#21: The Case of the
Green-eyed Sister
Original Airdate: 02/08/58

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Perry displays one of his cleverest tricks when he passes a magnet over an incriminating tape recording and erases it. It’s too bad that his client, Harriet Bain, has to go and get herself arrested for murder anyway, after all that trouble.

Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in Erle Stanley Gardner’s
The Case of The Green-eyed Sister
Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Trailing

Directed by Christian Nyby
Teleplay by Richard Grey
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
William Hopper as Paul Drake
William Talman as Hamilton Burger
Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg

Cast

Connie Cezon as Gertie
Virginia Vincent as Harriet Bain
Dan Riss as Arthur West
Robin Hughes as Addison Doyle
Tina Carver as Sylvia Bain
Carl Benton Reid as Ned Bain
James Bell as J. J. Stanley
Morris Ankrum as Judge
Dennis King, Jr. as Dr. Hanover
Alan Gifford as Dr. Fisher
Charles Tannen as Night Clerk
Leonard Bell as Taxi Driver
Jack Gargan 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 … Art Marks
Editorial Supervisor … Art Seid, A.C.E.
Film Editor … Otto W. Meyer, A.C.E.
Makeup … Mel Berns
Wardrobe Supervision … Dick James
Hair Stylist … Annabell
Set Decorations … Walter M. Scott, Charles Q. Vassar
Properties … Ray Thompson
Rerecording Mixer … Robert O’Brien
Script Supervisor … Cosmo Genovese

This has been a CBS Television Network Production
Filmed in Hollywood by TCF Television Productions, Inc.

Trivia Edit

CARS: Late 50s Citroen DS19 (21?), light w/ dark top. From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

Sightings: Distinguished Gentleman #1 plays the court reporter again. Submitted by Kenmore, 10/3/10.
+ The Pencil Mustache Man does double duty in this episode. He appears firstly as a court officer (standing and then sitting by the window—well, it’s been a long day) and later as a bystander at the lockers behind Addison Doyle. He may even be speaking with Distinguished Gentleman #1. Submitted by evelyne, 18 February 2011.
+ One of the courtroom spectators is a mustached man we call “Sasha Magaloff”. Distinguished Gentleman #1 is a the court reporter. Read more about all of these frequent familiar faces. Submitted by gracenote, 8/29/2011.

Comments Edit

The $50,000 that Arthur West demands as blackmail would be about $367,517.30 today. The $25,000 would be $183,758.65. Submitted by billp, 1/1/2009.

When Burger has poor old Ned Bain hauled into Court, he tells him he can answer with impunity about the alleged theft (statute of limitations [SoL] having expired). I think that’s only a half-truth (and a little typical of Burger). If the SoL has expired, there still would be the possibility of a civil suit by the Bank for the monies stolen and the profits derived thereof. As always, I could be wrong. Submitted by billp, 1/1/2009.
+ Perry actually concurs with you in the final scene. Submitted by gracenote, 8/29/2011.

This show marks one of the few times a foreign car, a Citroen, was featured in an episode. The use seems to have been tied to a desire to link Harriet Banes to the murder scene (although IIRC she wasn’t actually driving it). Submitted by billp, 1/1/2009.

As an electronic engineer with a certain amount of experience erasing tapes with magnets, I would have to say that I don't think Perry's technique would have done the job. At best, there would have been a slight decrease in volume. Opined by daveb, 3/2/2011.

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