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#261: The Case of the
Scarlet Scandal
Original Airdate: 02/20/66

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From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Perry and Paul want to go fishing, but a murder gets in their way. Elaine Bayler is a woman who has been serving as a "patroness" for a young musician named Donald Hobart. She's also the wife of the Scarlet Center's leading citizen, Richard Bayler, who is a client of Perry's.

Elaine is being blackmailed. Someone wants $10,000 or else they'll tell her husband that she's been having an affair with Hobart. Elaine drives out to Scarlet Point with Donald to leave the money, but is brutally shot and killed. The sheriff arrests the musician, but the story twists when Hobart is released and his girlfriend, Cynthia Perkins, is charged with the crime. Perry successfully defends her, but pays a steep price: By the time he's through, fishing season is over.

TV fans will recognize Will Hutchins of "Sugarfoot," the successful Warner Brothers TV Western of the 1950s, in the role of musician Donald Hobart.

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Cast

Will Hutchins as Donald Hobart
Gene Evans as Moose Dalton
Luana Patten as Cynthia Perkins
Mala Powers as Elaine Bayler
Lloyd Gough as Richard Bayler
Clint Sundberg as Aaron Chambers
Richard Devon as Ed Kesko
Dee Pollock as Howard Bayler
Connie Gilchrist as Natasha
Blair Davies as C. A. Woodmire
William Keene as Judge Seymour
Walter Stocker as Charlie Horgan
Carl Prickett as Mark
Jack Swanson as 1st Deputy
Alex Bookston as 1st Reporter
Paul Sorensen as 2nd Deputy
Pat McCaffrie as 2nd Reporter

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