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#8: The Case of the
Crimson Kiss
Original Airdate: 11/09/57

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
A jealous woman--bitter over her roommate's impending marriage to her former boyfriend--attempts to pin a murder on the roomie. Perry and Della are the first to find the murdered man, an act that gets them in very hot water with Tragg and the police. The stiff had a lipstick stain on his forehead, and the episode takes a slightly kinky turn when Perry and Paul discuss the possibility that the crimson kiss may have been put there by (gasp!) a man. Frances ("Aunt Bea" *) Bavier plays an old friend of Perry's.

This, the eighth Mason story to be broadcast, was the first to be adapted not from an Erle Stanley Gardner novel, but from one of his short stories.

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Credits Edit

Cast

Jean Willes as Anita Bonsal
Sue England as Fay Allison
Douglas Dick as Dane Grover
Gloria McGhee as Shirley Tanner
John Holland as Carver Clement
Connie Cezon as Gertie
Joi Lansing as Vera Payson
Douglas Evans as Don Ralston
Frances Bavier as Louise Marlow
John Harmon as Lab Man
Frank Wilcox as Judge Randolph
Howard Culver as Dr. Hawley

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1957 Cadillac convertible, black w/ black & white int., white top up (Mason), 1957 Buick Caballero station wagon (interior only). From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

Anomaly: John Harmon, listed as Lab Man, appears as Mr. Harlan (the man from the lab).

In the restaurant scene, early in the show, we learn that Della's private number is HOllywood 2-1799. Submitted by Paul Chrisney, 6/10/04.

+In his first scene, Paul Drake is wearing a dark colored suit. This is one of the few times in the first season he has on a dark suit. In almost every other instance, the color of Paul's suit matches the color of his hair. Submitted by PaulDrake33

+ Paul does not appear in the courtroom in this episode. Submitted by PaulDrake33

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