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#83: The Case of the
Prudent Prosecutor
Original Airdate: 01/30/60

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
This is the unique episode where Lt. Tragg is surprised to see Mason and Burger working on the same side.

While duck-hunting, Hamilton Burger runs into Jeff Pike, an old friend who saved his life in a boating accident ten years before. Now Jeff is in trouble and wants Hamilton's advice. Jeff and his son are at odds with a man who is later murdered. Since the L.A. District Attorney's office has jurisdiction,

Hamilton disqualifies himself and asks Perry to defend his friend.

Credits Edit

Cast

Philip Bourneuf as Asa Culver
J. Pat O'Malley as Jefferson Pike
Barbara Fuller as Joan Leonard
Ruta Lee as Vita Culver
Walter Coy as Denver Leonard
Dabbs Greer as Hal Kirkwood
Dennis Patrick as Prosecutor
Ron Foster as Fred Pike
Frank Albertson as Duck Hunter
S. John Launer as Judge
Michael Fox as Autopsy Surgeon
Edd Stoddard as 2nd Hunter
John Alonzo as Guitterez
Paul B. Kennedy as Court Reporter

Trivia Edit

Location: "I believe the opening scene here is at the corner of Kanan Rd. and Agoura Rd. in the parking lot of a place called Whizins." Submitted by Mitch English, 10/2/05. Google map here. This is in Agoura Hills, CA. There was a Whizins restaurant at "Cornell Corners" near the time of the series. Today, the Whizins Shopping Center is located northeast of the intersection of Cornell Road and Agoura Road This is about a mile east of Kanan Road.

+This is the only episode where Paul Drake does not appear. William Hopper appeared in 270 of the 271 episodes, more than any other person, even Perry himself. Submitted by PaulDrake33. [My records, and a quick check, show that Paul Drake did not appear in #80, The Case of the Violent Village, as well. daveb]

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