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#45: The Case of the
Buried Clock
Original Airdate: 11/01/58

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Dr. Blane's son-in-law Jack Hardisty embezzled $100,000 from the good doctor and is trying to blackmail him for more. Blane hires Perry to put a stop to Hardisty's misconduct. But before the lawyer can swing into action, Hardisty is found dead, and Perry must defend the doctor against a murder rap.

Perry does some fascinating courtroom work in this episode. He finds out that a wildlife camera, triggered by a buried clock, took misleading pictures of the real killer to "prove" the man was not at the murder scene.

Notice the old-style split screen used when Perry is talking to his client on the phone.

Credits Edit

Cast

Don Beddoe as Dr. Blane
Fredd Wayne as Jack Hardisty
June Dayton as Sue Hardisty
Jeanne Bates as Jean Strague
Paul Fix as District Attorney Hale
Charles Cooper as Philip Strague
Robert Foulk as Sheriff Elmore
Robin Hughes as Rodney Beaton
Howard Wendell as A. J. Randall
Harry Tyler as Court Clerk
Paul Serra as Davis
Gil Frye as Faulkner
Jamie Forster as Judge Norwood
Phil Chambers as Dr. Ritchie
Don Kennedy as Deputy Sheriff

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1958 Mercury 4dr hardtop, dark color, 1958 Edsel convertible, medium color, black top up, 1950 Ford 2dr sedan, medium color, 1958 Ford Skyliner retractable, black, top down (Mason), 1958 Ford Thunderbird convertible, black, top down (Drake), 1958 Ford 4dr sedan, black & white (Police). From The Cars by Greg Cockerill. Pictures here.

Watch for the unusual split-screen special effect when Perry and Dr. Blane talk on the phone. Submitted by daveb, date unknown. Picture here.

I am watching the second season on local TV. Ironically, the same day #45, The Case of the Buried Clock, aired I was also reading an article about Malibou Lake. I knew several episodes were shot there but on this episode the angle of the newspaper photo was almost exactly the same as the establishing shot on Perry Mason. Submitted by Eric Cooper, 11/8/07. Some pictures here.

+Several of the Presidential portrats hanging on the wall of the courtroom are the same portrats that hang in the courtroom in episode #50, TCOT Perjured Parrot. Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

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