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#95: The Case of the
Flighty Father
Original Airdate: 06/11/60

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From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
When word gets out that Louisa Holbrook died leaving her eighteen-year-old daughter Trudy with $10 million, the door is left open for men claiming to be Trudy's long-lost father.

The first claimant (played by Hayden Rorke, the shrink on "I Dream of Jeannie") appears right after Louisa's funeral, and Trudy falls for him hook, line, and sinker. The rest of Trudy's family is less than thrilled, especially her blind uncle Lawrence (played by silent screen hero Francis X. Bushman), the only one who knew Trudy's real father.

Then private investigators locate another man claiming to be Trudy's father. But before old uncle Lawrence can decide who is the impostor, someone crunches him with a poker. As Trudy's fingerprints are on the murder weapon, and she admits to having had a fight with her uncle, Tragg arrests her for murder. Naturally, Perry must clear her.

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Cast

Anne Benton as Trudy Holbrook
Hayden Rorke as Jay Holbrook #1
Francis X. Bushman as Lawrence King
Henry Beckman as David
William Allyn as Wally Harper
Berry Kroeger as Donald J. Evanson
Francis De Sales as Holbrook #2
Dan Riss as Peter Sample
Grandon Rhodes as Judge
Tom Fadden as Gus Nickels
Arthur Hanson as Autopsy Surgeon
Betty Farrington as Housekeeper
Gail Bonney as Maid
Paul B. Kennedy as Court Reporter
George E. Stone as Court Clerk

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