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#237: The Case of the
Gambling Lady
Original Airdate: 04/08/65

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Peter Breck returns to play Pete Warren, a man whose soon to be ex-wife, Myrna, is killing time in a Reno casino, waiting for their divorce to go through.

But when Myrna gets involved in a counterfeit gambling chip scam, Pete makes the mistake of lying to protect her. Then, when someone cashes in Myrna’s chips permanently, the suspicion falls on Pete, who, the authorities claim, manufactured the phony chips at his novelty company. It’s left to Perry to figure out just who’s not playing with a full deck.

Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in The Case of THE GAMBLING LADY
Based upon characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner
Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Trailing

Directed by Richard Donner
Written by Jonathan Latimer
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

Music Composed by Richard Shores
Music Conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert

Cast

Peter Breck as Peter Warren
Jesse White as Tony Cerro
Ruta Lee as Irene Prentice
Myrna Fahey as Myrna Warren
Benny Baker as Jerome Bentley
Kevin Hagen as Jacob Leonard
John Rayner as Ned Beaumont
Dan Seymour as Croupier
Harry Holcombe as Mr. Big
Kenneth MacDonald as Judge
Willis L. Robards as Business Man
Pitt Herbert as Coroner’s Physician
Bebe Kelly as Cocktail Waitress
Pepper Curtis as Secretary
Adair Jameson as Teller

Uncredited Actors
Don Anderson as Casino Patron (sighted by gracenote, 5/2/2011)

Crew

Director of Photography … John M. Nickolaus, Jr.
Art Direction … Lewis Creber
Assistant Director … Gordon A. Webb
Film Editor … Richard H. Cahoon, 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

This is Ruta Lee’s fifth and final appearance on Perry, playing Irene Prentice. This is the only time that the last name of her character did not start with the letter “C.” The first four appearances, her characters were named, Cooper, Crest, Culver, and Cosgrove. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 30 October 2009.

Location: About 38 minutes into the episode we see Perry once again get out of his car in front of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. How does he manage always to get a parking spot in front of the courthouse? Submitted by Eric Cooper, 2 September 2010.

For the umpteenth time this season, Ray Collins does not appear as Lt. Tragg despite his billing. Submitted by gracenote, 5/2/2011.

Sightings: After Drake finishes a phone call and walks back to his table at the casino, Distinguished Gentleman #1 walks behind him. Later, the Gentleman turns up in the courtroom gallery, along with Little Old Lady #1 and a blurry Pencil Mustache Man. Read more about these favorite frequent faces. Submitted by gracenote, 5/2/2011.

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