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#25: The Case of the
Empty Tin
Original Airdate: 03/08/58

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
A deceased war veteran's estate and his long-lost daughter set the scene for murder and deceit. Perry must set the facts straight and help the daughter, Doris Hocksley, regain her identity and fortune.

Credits Edit

Cast

Toni Gerry as Doris Hocksley
Warren Stevens as Alan Neil
Olive Deering as Rebecca Gentrie
Benson Fong as Gow Loong
Mary Shipp as Miriam Hocksley
Anthony Jochim as Elston Carr
Frank Wilcox as Judge
Otto Waldis as John Lowell
Bert Holland as Dr. Morton

Trivia Edit

In the opening scene, John Lowell deftly tears an ad from a newspaper and hands it to Doris Hocksley. As she looks at it, we see there's no printing on the back. How odd! See here. Submitted by Eli Kaminsky, 10/3/05.

Small world: Miriam Hocksley (played by Mary Shipp) says "My father's name was Adam Hocksley. He had a biblical turn of mind. He called me Miriam." Olive Deering, who plays Rebecca Gentrie, also had a blibical turn of mind. She played Miriam in the biblical epics The Ten Commandments and Sampson and Delilah. Submitted by Charles Richmond, 12/23/05.

If you look closely at a high quality source ( DVD) of the show, there is indeed printing on the back of that newspaper clipping. See here. Submitted by Richard Childers, 12/25/06.

Small World 2: In a strange twist, Olive Deering gets to play Miriam once again when, in this episode, she calls Perry pretending to be Miriam Hocksley about to commit suicide. Submitted by Charles Richmond, 10/11/07.

Comments Edit

CARS: No cars. From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

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