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#266: The Case of the
Unwelcome Well
Original Airdate: 04/03/66

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Perry becomes immersed in a tale of oil, power, and, of course, murder.

Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in The Case of THE FATAL FORTUNE
Based upon characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner
Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Trailing

Directed by Harmon Jones
Written by Ernest Frankel & Orville H. Hampton
Arthur Marks \ Art Seid | Producers
Gail Patrick Jackson | Executive Producer
Ernest Frankel | Story Consultant
Orville H. Hampton | Associate Story Consultant
Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
Barbara Hale as Della Street
William Hopper as Paul Drake
William Talman as Hamilton Burger
Richard Anderson as Lt. Steve Drumm

Music | Richard Shores

Cast

Wendell Corey as Jerome Klee
Paul Brinegar as Jason Rohan
Marilyn Erskine as Mirabel Corum
Les Tremayne as Harry Lannon
James Best as Allan Winford
Gloria Talbott as Minna Rohan
Danielle DeMetz as Monique Martin
Edmund Hashim as Prince Ben Ali Bhudeem
William Lanteau as Ross Darley
Hal Lynch as Matt Rohan
Gordon Westcourt as Job Rohan
Martin Braddock as Dick Yates
Frank Biro as Judge
Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice
Robert R. Stephenson as Guard

Crew

Director of Photography … John M. Nickolaus, Jr.
Art Direction … Lewis Creber
Assistant Director … Robert G. Stone
Film Editor … Richard H. Cahoon A.C.E.
Casting … Harvey Clermont
Makeup … Irving Pringle
Hair Stylist … Annabell
Wardrobe Supervision … Bob Wolfe, Evelyn Carruth
Set Decoration … Carl Biddiscombe
Properties … Ray Thompson
Production Sound Mixer … Herman Lewis
Script Supervision … Marshall Schlom
Theme Composed by … Fred Steiner
Automobiles by … Ford Motor Company

Perry Mason
Produced by the CBS Television Network in association with Paisano Productions

Trivia Edit

This episode reunites Wendell Corey with fellow Rear Window alumnus Raymond Burr. Submitted by billp, 15 November 2009.

Gloria Talbott makes her final of four appearances here on Perry playing Minna Rohan. In the first three appearances she was the female lead, unlike here, this being her penultimate screen appearance. Gloria Talbott will forever be known to sci-fi fans as the woman who Married A Monster From Outer Space in the 1958 movie. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 16 December 2009.

Paul Brinegar makes the second of his two Mason appearances, the first being the very minor role of Tom Sackett in the 1958 episode TCOT Sun Bather's Diary (#17). In the intervening years, he appeared as trail cook George Washington Wishbone on Rawhide (1959-1965). His characterization of Jason Rohan is pretty much a reprise of the Wishbone persona. Submitted by alan_sings, 20 January 2012.

Comments Edit

Jerome Klee is the most ruthless, vicious character in any of the 271 episodes. This episode is both brutal and whimsical. Excellent dialog well acted, and a plausible plot (other than the king/child-brother) make this one of my favorite episodes. Submitted by Glovatski Inc, June 25, 2008.

It’s easy for many folks on the East Coast to empathize with Rohan, because many property owners are fighting to prevent natural gas companies from drilling via hydrofracking on the Marcellus Shale. You go, old man! Submitted by gracenote, 6/12/2011.

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