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#63: The Case of the
Calendar Girl
Original Airdate: 04/18/59

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
George Andrews needs Perry's help. Andrews has just been in a car accident after visiting political fix-it man Wilfred Borden.

The next day, Wilfred Borden's murder is announced on the radio and the police bring in Andrews as the prime suspect, since he saw Borden just before his death.

Perry suspects a setup and must find Dawn Manning, the girl Andrews swears was in the car accident with him. When Andrews mentions that Dawn's a bathing suit model, Perry gets an idea. He poses as a photographer and advertises for subjects.

Credits Edit

Directed by Arthur Marks
Teleplay by Seeleg Lester
Based on the novel by Erle Stanley Gardner

Cast

Dolores Donlon as Dawn Manning
John Anderson as George Andrews
Kasey Rogers as Loretta Harper
Dean Harens as Frank Fettridge
George Neise as Wilfred Borden
Charles Tannen as Jasper Horn
Evelyn Scott as Beatrice Cornell
Ralph Moody as Dennison
Richard Gaines as Judge
Jon Lormer as Autopsy Surgeon
George E. Stone as Court Clerk
Thom Conroy as Head Waiter
Diana Crawford as Patti Drew
Doug Marland as Bob

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1957 Ford Ranch Wagon 2dr, medium & white color, 1957 Plymouth Savoy V8 2dr hardtop, dark color w/ white top, 1959 Ford Custom 300 4dr sedan, light color (Taxi), 1958 Cadillac convertible, black, white top up (Mason)*, 1959 Cadillac series 62 convertible, black, white top up (Mason), Cameos: 1957 Ford Fairlane 2dr sedan, dark & white color, 1957 Buick convertible, dark color, white top up, *reuse of footage from an earlier episode. From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

+Loretta Harper has the same barometer in her apartment that hangs on the wall of Wilfred Borden's living room. Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

Comments Edit

Dean Harens who plays Frank Fettridge make the first of four appearances on Perry Mason. Mr. Harens is without a doubt the smarmiest character to appear on Perry. Every time he comes on screen, I have this terrific urge to run up and begin to choke him. Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

+What is up with the picture posted on this episode? It is a picture of Perry in Mexico from Episode #68, TCOT Dubious Bridegroom. Submitted by PaulDrake 33. [Fixed! 3s and 8s look alike at my age. daveb]

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