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#26: The Case of the
Half-Wakened Wife
Original Airdate: 03/15/58

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
It looks like a case of murder and the eternal triangle. Frank Lawton is an old war buddy of Perry's who has come out of the woodwork needing to be cleared of the shooting death of his boss, Scott Shelby.

It appears that Perry was busy during World War II In this episode, the defendant is a buddy who fought beside him on D-Day. In later episodes, Perry reveals that he served on a minesweeper in the Pacific during the war.

Credits Edit

Cast

Phyllis Avery as Marion Shelby
Stewart Bradley as Frank Lawton
Barbara Lawrence as Ellen Waring
Claude Akins as Phillip Dix
Jonathan Hole as Arthur Williams
Tom Palmer as Scott Shelby
Jason Johnson as Judge Ellsworth
Howard Petrie as Ben Parker
Peter Hansen as Howard Black
Paul E. Burns as Richy
Frederick Draper as Ted Young

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1958 Buick convertible, white w/ black & white int., top down, 1958 Cadillac convertible, black, top down (Mason). From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

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