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#268: The Case of the
Misguided Model
Original Airdate: 04/24/66

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book (Revised)
Former beauty queen Mary Ann Mobley plays Sharon Carmody, a model trying to become the new representative for White Snow soap. Trouble is, the job calls for Sharon to be as pure as the product she’ll be pushing, and unfortunately, her past is getting in her way. She’s being blackmailed. Then her boyfriend, ex-boxer Duke Maronek, fights with her adversary, and when it is over, he is dead, and it looks like smooth sailing for her. But Duke confesses to Perry, and when the police arrest someone else for the crime, Perry is torn between two unpleasant options. Ethics prevent him from revealing his client’s confession, but he can't let an innocent man be convicted.

Credits Edit

Opening

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

Trailing

Directed by Jerry Hopper
Written by Orville H. Hampton and Ernest Frankel
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

Mary Ann Mobley as Sharon Carmody
Paul Lukather as Dennis ‘Duke’ Maronek
Anthony Eisley as Rudy Blair
Rita Lynn as Fern Bronwyn
Don Dubbins as Deputy D.A. Vincent
James Griffith as Jake Stearns
Harry Holcombe as Judge
Armand Harrison as Ira Dewitt
Sarah Selby as Woman Clerk
Isabel Randolph as Madam Rosa Bruening
Lauren Gilbert as Dave Bronwyn
Eddie Quillan as Agent
Lisa Davis as Receptionist
Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice
Darlene Enlow as White Snow #1
Robert Legionaire as Road Block Officer
Jim Johnson as Policeman #2
Howard Davis as Policeman #1

Crew

Director of Photography … John M. Nickolaus, Jr.
Art Direction … Lewis Creber
Assistant Director … Robert G. Stone
Film Editor … George Hively
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 supplied by … Ford Motor Company

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

Trivia Edit

Mary Ann Mobley was Miss America 1959. Submitted by Jim Kramer, July 09, 2008.

Mary Ann Mobley appeared in both Perry Mason and The New Adventures of Perry Mason (Episode #5, “TCOT Telltale Trunk”). There were only 15 episodes of The New Perry Mason, so it was quite rare for a performer to appear in both. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 4 October 2009.

Location: About 27 minutes into the episode, Perry walks from his car into the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. This exact clip of him along side his car has been used in multiple episodes. There is also a clip in which he closes the car door. Submitted by Eric Cooper, 13 October 2010.

Uncredited Actors: Though it’s difficult to be positive, it looks like Don Anderson was one of the uniformed policemen sent with Lt. Drumm to Duke’s hideout. Anderson is one of the two left at the checkpoint on the road, and he has to do some fancy footwork to avoid being run down when Rudy (Anthony Eisley) drives on through. Anderson might also have been used in the seige scene closer to the cabin. Drumm repositions some of his men, addressing one of them as “Don,” but the actor has his back to us making identification impossible. Submitted by FredK, 1/27/2012.

Comments Edit

I was under the impression that since William Talman's arrest in 1960 that he would no longer be credited for episodes he did not appear in. Unless his part was cut out of the syndicated version of this episode, he did not appear but was credited. Submitted by Wiseguy70005, 6/26/12.

The scene of Perry & Paul in the Records office being helped by Lt. Drumm is interesting in the sense that Perry lights Lt. Drumm's cigarette while an "American Cancer Society" sign is featured prominently in the background. Submitted by Kenmore 11/4/2012

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