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#28: The Case of the
Daring Decoy
Original Airdate: 03/29/58

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Perry is attending a bar association dinner when Daniel Conway approaches him to say he's just found his rival's secretary, dead. Conway is sure he is being framed for murder. He's involved in a vicious proxy war with Warner Griffith over Cal-Texas Exploration.

Perry thinks he can solve this one in a jiffy, and tries to corral Griffith into a confession. He's surprised and puzzled to get an ironclad alibi instead. That doesn't stop Perry from finding a unique, if weird, witness who has a photographic memory and can identify people by their shoes.

We see a very dapper Perry in this episode (check out his bow tie). Also, watch the sparks fly between Perry and Della during this case.

Credits Edit

Cast

H. M. Wynant as Daniel Conway
Marie Windsor as Linda Griffith
Jack Weston as Fred Calvert
Jacqueline Scott as Amelia Armitage
John Mack Brown as Warner Griffith
Natalie Norwick as Mavis
Grandon R. Rhodes as Judge
Pamela Duncan as Rose Calvert
Louise Lorimer as Miss Eastman
Donald Foster as H. B. Varnell
Jack Gargan as Court Clerk

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1958 Cadillac convertible, black, white top up (Mason). From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

We see Perry wearing a tuxedo in the first half of this show. Paul had worn a tuxedo earlier in The Crooked Candle.

Old time cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown has a prominent role here. This would be the only time after 1934 that he is to act in anything other than a western show.

There are several camera angles in the courtroom that normally do not appear in the other shows. One is from behind the judge's right sholder that shows a wide view of the jury. In most shows the camera angle is from the jury box.

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