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#80: The Case of the
Violent Village
Original Airdate: 01/02/60

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Perry is planning on a relaxing weekend in the Sierra town of Fawnskin, hunting with his old friend Sheriff Gene Norris, but he gets sidetracked into another murder case.

The town is out for blood when Phil Beecher returns from jail. Phil did time for drunken driving and neglience in the car accident that killed Aggie, the sheriff's daughter. Aggie's sister Charlotte wants revenge, and frames Phil for robbery. When the scheme backfires, Charlotte herself is killed, and things look pretty grim for Phil. A lynching is a definite possibility before Perry steps in.

Credits Edit

Cast

Barton MacLane as Sheriff Eugene Norris
Ann Rutherford as Judith Thurston
Jacqueline Scott as Kathi Beecher
Ray Hemphill as Phil Beecher
Bart Burns as Norman Thurston
Richard Hale as Robert Tepper
John Dennis as Ward Lewis
Terry Becker as Everett Ransome
Willis B. Bouchey as Judge
Ina Victor as Charlotte Norris
Jason Johnson as Clerk
Frank Hagney as 2nd Man
Robert R. Stephenson as 1st Man
Cecil Weston as Court Reporter

Trivia Edit

Location: "Fawnskin is in the San Bernardino National Forest, not in the Sierras. It is located on highway 38 on the North shore of Big Bear Lake." Submitted by D. A. Supernaw, 10/20/06. Show pictures and more here.

+Judith Thurston buys tissues and nosedrops in Robert Tepper's general store. She picks up the bag and breezily tells Mr. Tepper to charge it to her account even though there is a sign over the cash register in plain sight that says "NO CREDIT - NO CHECKS". Submitted by Paul Drake 33.

+ Paul Drake, Hamilton Burger, and Arthur Tragg appears not in this episode. Della appears very briefly talking on the telephone to Perry. Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

+ Early in the show inside the sawmill office there is a calendar on the wall that displays the months of July and August. Later in the show it is noted that the murder took place on Friday, November 13. November 13 actually was a Friday in 1959. Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

+ Robert Tepper sell Ritz and Hi Ho crackers in his general store. You can see them behind Perry when Perry first walks into the store. But for some reason all the boxes are displayed upside down. Maybe an attempt to avoid product identification. Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

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