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#36: The Case of the
Prodigal Parent
Original Airdate: 06/07/58

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Philip Larkin is found shot to death. His stepfather, Joseph Harrison, is the chief suspect. The two men quarreled over business and over a girl. In fact, a home movie shows the men fighting. Perry is called on to defend Harrison and delve into the family's strange lineage.

Fay Wray, the woman who drove the big monkey crazy in the 1933 monster classic King Kong, plays the defendant's wife in this episode. Nancy Kulp, Miss Jane of "The Beverly Hillbillies," also appears.

Credits Edit

Cast

Virginia Field as Irene Collaro
Herbert Rudley as George Durell
Fay Wray as Ethel Harrison
Andra Martin as Lorraine Stevens
Ann Doran as Claire Durell
John Hoyt as Joseph Harrison
Terry Becker as Philip Larkin
Morris Ankrum as Judge
Nancy Kulp as Sarah Winslow
Chet Stratton as Mr. Alcorn
Michael Fox as Dr. Samuel Anders
Richard Bull as Court Reporter
Dean Casey as Det. Sanchez
Leo Needham as Officer Norton

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1958 Chevrolet Delray 4dr sedan, black & white (Police). 1958 Chevrolet Delray 2dr sedan, black (Police), 1958 Pontiac Starchief 4dr hardtop, 2-tone: medium color & white. From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

Anomaly: Michael Fox is listed as Dr. Samuel Anders but is, as he often is, Dr. Hoxie. [Allan Asherman]

Dr. Hoxie (Michael Fox) testifies that death was "caused by the passage of the bullet through the rib cage, the peritoneum and left ventricle of the heart." Oops! He should know that it's the pleura in the chest cavity. The peritoneum lines the abdominal cavity. Note that Michael Fox is credited as Dr. Samuel Anders. Submitted by Thomas Grossman, 3/9/04.

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