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#49: The Case of the
Fancy Figures
Original Airdate: 12/13/58

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
After spending a few bitter years in jail for a crime he did not commit, Martin Ellis is exonerated, thanks to evidence that his wife received in the mail. Charles Brewster, the real thief, is justly sent to jail for stealing the $300,000 in question, but manages to get out on bail. When Brewster later turns up dead, guess who is the prime suspect? It's a good thing Martin Ellis has Perry Mason on his side this time around.

Credits Edit

Cast

Frank Silvera as Jonathan Hyett
Joan Banks as Valerie Brewster
Anne Barton as Carolyn Ellis
William Phipps as Martin Ellis
Ralph Clanton as Charles Brewster
Ray Kellogg as Richard Hyett
Harvey Stephens as Victor Squires
S. John Launer as Judge
Chuck Webster as Sgt. Brice
Leslie Kimmell as Mailman
David McMahon as Walter Vico

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1958 Ford Thunderbird convertible, black, top down. From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

Look for the black actor and director Frank Silvera playing lead Jonathan Hyett. A somewhat daring situation in 1958. Submitted by Karl Eggert, 5/7/05.

+Joan Banks plays almost exactly the same character that she played in Episode 12, TCOT Negligent Nymph, the alcoholic wife of the murder victim. A woman who cannot function without a drink in her hand. Submitted by PaulDrake 33

+ Strange casting. Frank Silvera, an African-American actor age 44 at that time is cast as the father of Joan Banks, a light skined strawberry blonde age 40 at that time. (Joan Banks looked every bit of 40 by the way). Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

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