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#51: The Case of the
Shattered Dream
Original Airdate: 01/03/59

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Sarah Werner (played by Osa Massen, in one of her several Mason appearances) comes to Perry crying poverty. She begs him to find her husband, Hugo Werner, who ran off with her inheritance. Leave it to Della to wonder out loud why such a poor woman would be wearing "Eternity," a perfume costing $150 an ounce.

Meanwhile, Hugo Werner, alias Hans Breel, is working on a gem scam. But Hugo's scheme backfires when he is murdered, and wife Sarah is charged with the crime.

Credits Edit

Cast

Osa Massen as Sarah Werner
Marion Marshall as Irene Bedford
Virginia Vincent as Virginia Trent
Kurt Kreuger as Hans Breel
Chris Alcaide as Jerry Morrow
Ludwig Stossel as Adolph Van Beers
Ivan Triesault as Fred Schoenbeck
Theodore Marcuse as William Walker
Lillian Bronson as Judge
Robert Carson as Lawrence David
Gil W. Rankin as Autopsy Surgeon
Cy Malis as Hilton
Barry Brooks as Dealer
Brandy Bryan as Doris

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1958 Ford Thunderbird convertible, black, top down (Drake), 1958 Ford Skyliner retractable, black, top up (Mason), Cameo: 1958 Edsel 4dr hardtop. From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

Listen closely to the scene in Perry's office where Paul reads from his notebook and refers to a woman named Bedford. What is her first name? Some will say it's not the name of the character but the name of the actress that plays her. Submitted by Mitch English, 10/9/04. When I checked this, I heard the character name but, when I listened again later, I was shocked to hear the actress name. On listening yet again, the character name returned. It was really quite weird! Submitted by daveb, date unknown.

+As she did in episode 40 and 41, Della wears her pendant with the initials D.S. in script. Submitted by PaulDrade 33.

+It would seem to me that after the trial, the ownership of the diamond, Pundit's Dream, would be cloudy. Since Hans Breel had possession of it when he was murdered, and his rightful heir, his wife, Sarah Werner took possession of it when she found him dead, she might feel that she has a claim on the diamond. Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

+In the opening scene, Hans Breel drives a sports car up in front of an apartment building. When he applies the brakes, the front tag of his car has been attached so poorly that it almost comes off. The front tag, DHR 786 is the same tag that is on Carl Reynolds' Pontiac in Episode 44, TCOT Curious Bride. Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

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