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#218: The Case of the
Bullied Bowler
Original Airdate: 11/05/64

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
This is another of the handful of episodes in which Perry doesn't appear Mike Connors, who went on to star in his own successful series, "Mannix," plays Joe Kelly, a lawyer friend of Paul Drake.

Perry is in Europe on business. Paul and Joe Kelly are vacationing in Tesoro, a small town run by Bonnie Mae Wilmot, a woman known by the locals as the duchess. Bill Jaris, who was married to the duchess's late daughter, and his brother run a bowling alley that the duchess wants closed. An outbreak of dysentery linked to the bowling alley results in an injunction to close the place, to the delight of the duchess.

Paul is a friend of Bill's, so he and Joe help get the injunction quashed for the time being. But Bill is soon in more trouble: Dr. Max Taylor, a man working with the duchess to close down Bill and his brother, is murdered. Bill is the number one suspect. Now Joe must work to free Bill.

It was his work in this episode that led the Mason series producers to consider Mike Connors as a replacement for Raymond Burr after Burr threatened not to re-sign his contract.

Credits Edit

Cast

Michael Connors as Joe Kelly
Anne Seymour as Bonnie Mae Wilmet
Milton Selzer as Dr. Max Taylor
Patricia Morrow as Marla Carol
Robert Harland as Bill Jaris
Paul Lukather as Alan Jaris
Jeff Donnell as Rose Carol
Charles Gray as Jack Baker
Maurice Manson as Orson Stillman
Patricia George as Linda Terry
John Gallaudet as Judge
William J. Tannen as Sergeant
Elizabeth Harrower as Sadie Noymann
Lonie Blackman as Marge
Allan Hunt as Marla's Boyfriend

Note: Constructed from sources other than actual episode. Available prints are missing most of the credits. See here for the story.

Trivia Edit

The babysat baby in this episode is Alan Rice. Picture here. Submitted by Alan Rice, 9/11/01.

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