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#41: The Case of the
Lucky Loser
Original Airdate: 09/27/58

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From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
A twisted plot ensues when Perry is hired to reopen a murder case after the defendant has already been declared guilty.

Credits Edit

Cast

Patricia Medina as Harriet Balfour
Bruce Bennett as Lawrence Balfour
Heather Angel as Florence Ingle
Douglas Kennedy as Steven Boles
Tyler MacDuff as Ted Balfour
Richard Hale as Addison Balfour
Woodrow Chambliss as Fred Haley
John Eldrege as Thurston
Morris Ankrum as Judge Cadwell
Guy Rennie as Roger Faris
Paul Genge as Sergeant
John Bleifer as Schmidt
Jack Holland (aka John Holland) as Ballistics Expert
Len Hendry as Policeman

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1956 Chevrolet 150 4dr sedan, light color (Taxi), 1958 Buick 4dr hardtop, white & light color, 1958 Chevrolet 4dr (?), black, 1958 Pontiac Bonneville convertible, white, top down, 1958 Chevrolet Delray 4dr sedan, black & white (Police), 1958 Corvette, medium metallic, top down, 1958 Cadillac convertible, black, white top up (Mason). From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

In the scene where Bruce Bennett is hiding outside a cabin and his wife leaves through the front door and then goes down some steps and gets into her car, closely watch the rear window of the car as she backs out. If you're quick enough, you will see the reflection of a cameraman in the window. Submitted by Allan Barnie, 10/10/01.

+Bruce Bennett's wife leaves the cabin she has entered only a short time before. There is now a strange car parked in the yard of the cabin. She drives right past the car and does not seem to notice.

+Second consective episode where Della wears her D S pendant in script.

Bruce Bennett makes the first of five appearances in Perry. Bruce Bennett was born Herman Brix and used that name until the mid thirties. In 1926 Herman Brix played running back for Washington in the Rose Bowl and in 1928 he won the silver medal in the shot put in the Olympics. Herman Brix was also a screen Tarzan in 1936. Submitted by PaulDrake33.

+John Eldrege makes his only Perry appearance here playing Thurston. John Eldrege was an actor that everyone knew by sight, but no one knew his name. There seemed to be no 50's television show in which he did not appear. He passed away in 1961 much too early. He appeared in almost 200 different movies and shows, almost always playing the villian. Every time he walked into the scene, I always said "There is the guilty party". Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 21 May 2010.

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