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#87: The Case of the
Singing Skirt
Original Airdate: 03/12/60

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
A great episode with good shots of the street hustle and bustle of the fifties, when men were men and decent women kept quiet.

The Big Barn is a legal gambling casino where "everybody is happy" under the orders of the big boss and laughing boy George Anclitis. That is, until second banana Slim Marcus botches a crooked card game and is exposed for cheating.

When Slim's girlfriend is killed, Anclitis plants a gun and marijuana on Betty Roberts, one of the "skirts" that works for him. Betty knows too much and Anclitis wants to use her to take the heat off his club and his "boys." Perry takes Betty under his wing and goes to great lengths to put the real criminal where he belongs.

Credits Edit

Cast

Joan O'Brien as Betty Roberts
Henry Lascoe as George Anclitus
Allison Hayes as Sadie Bradford
H. M. Wynant as Wilton (Slim) Marcus
Jeanne Moody as Vivian Ennis
Fredd Wayne as William Gowrie
Chris Warfield as Manning Ennis
Robert B. Williams as Police Captain
Richard Gaines as Judge
Stafford Repp as Frederick Halstead
Byron Morrow as Thomas Ranger
John Harmon as Frank Wilton
Michael Fox as Autopsy Surgeon
Harry Fleer as Detective
Ken Walken as Parking Lot Attendant
George E. Stone as Court Clerk

Trivia Edit

Anomaly: Byron Morrow, listed as Thomas Ranger, is called George Ranger in court by Burger. H. M. Wynant, listed at Wilton (Slim) Marcus, is called Joseph Marcus in court by Burger.

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