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#267: The Case of the
Dead Ringer
Original Airdate: 04/17/66

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From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Perry Mason as a killer? Never! Except this once. This episode is a rare bird indeed, and the only time you'll see double when you see Burr. Raymond Burr appears in his regular role as Perry, and also plays Mr. Grimes, a murderer, troublemaker, and the spitting image of Perry Mason. The "Mr. Grimes" role is a lot closer to the characters Burr was used to playing before he came to the Mason series.

Perry finds himself on the losing end of a patent dispute case when his opposition leads the jury to believe that Mason paid a witness to change his testimony. How could this have happened? A cockney merchant seaman named Grimes is a dead ringer for the noted attorney. With a little makeup and some coaching, Grimes merely impersonated Perry and passed an envelope full of money to a key witness.

The civil case turns into a criminal one when the winning party in the patent dispute is murdered. The number one suspect is Perry's client, Barbara Kramer, but the lawyer thinks the murderer may be someone a lot closer to home.

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Cast

Indus Arthur as Barbara Kramer
Arlene Martel as Sandra Dunkel
Oliver McGowan as Otis Swanson
Henry Beckman as William March
Stewart Moss as Dan Swanson
Maurice Manson as Jess Parkinson
Tom Palmer as Franklin Bates
Chet Stratton as Minister
Alan Fordney as Harley
Grandon Rhodes as Judge No. 2
Anthony Jochim as Makeup Man
Ed Prentis as Judge No. 1
Roland La Starza as Bouncer
Mike Miguel De Anda as Mexican Worker
Alex Bookston as Assistant Manager

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