Season 5

1961-1962

124. The Case of the Jealous Journalist - 1961

A newspaper publisher, Joe Davie's is charged

with murdering his wife after she sides

with his business rivals.

Joseph DaviesLinden Chiles (defendant)
Tilden StuartDenver Pyle
Kerry WordenClaire Griswold (victim)
Don (Drake's operative)James D. Nielson
JudgeTom Harkness

125.The Case of the Impatient Partner - 1961

Amory Fallon passes out near his partner's apartment

after going there to confront him.  Ned Thompson

is found dead and Fallon arrested

for the murder.

Frank WellsBen Cooper
Vivian AmesLeslie Parrish
Amory FallonWesley Lau (defendant)
Ned ThompsonPeter Adams (victim)
JudgeBarney Biro

126. The Case of the Missing Melody - 1961

Polly Coutland  flees from her own wedding when 

she sees that George Sherwin has an evelope

with incriminating photographs in it.

Jonny BakerConstance Towers
Eddy KingJames Drury (defendant)
Bongo WhiteBobby Troup
David GideonKarl Held
George SherwinGrant Richards (victim)
JudgeFrederic Worlock

127. The Case of the Malicious Mariner - 1961

Jerry Griffin dumps $1 million worth of cargo

overboard in order to save

the freighter he is on.

Arthur JaneelRoy Roberts
Jerry GriffinLee Farr (defendant)
Captain BancroftRobert Armstrong (victim)

128. The Case of the Crying Comedian - 1961

A false confession from Charlie Hatch is used

to protect an innocent girl.

Charlie HatchTommy Noonan (defendant)
Elwood P. "Gunner" GrimesJackie Coogan
Ed BrighamStacy Harris
Tom GilrainLiam Sullivan (victim)
JudgeJohn Gallaudet

129. The Case of the Meddling Medium - 1961

Philip Paisley takes advantage of Sylvia Walker's frantic

state in order to benefit financially.

Helen GardenMary LaRoche
Bonnie CraigSonya Wilde (defendant)
Phillip PaisleyJames Forrest (victim)
JudgeS. John Launer
Doctor Andrija PuharlichHimself

130. The Case of the Pathetic Patient - 1961

A doctor is accused of killing to people, another doctor

and his wife's ex-boyfriend.

Doctor Wayne EdleySkip Homeier (defendant)
Mrs. OsbornVirginia Gregg
Leslie HallEdward Kemmer (victim)
JudgeCharles Irving

131. The Case of the Traveling Treasure - 1961

A dead body and some missing gold bars are found

on the boat that captain Scott Cahill has no

explanation for.

Scot CahillJeff York (defendant)
Rita MagovernLisa Gaye
Karl MagovernArch Johnson (victim)
JudgeTom Harkness

132. The Case of the Posthumous Painter - 1961

Jack Culross fakes his own suicide in order to increase the

value of his paintings.

Linda BurnsideCarol Rossen
Edna CulrossLori March (defendant)
Jack CulrossBritt Lomond (victim)
JudgeNelson Leigh

133. The Case of the Injured Innocent - 1961

Walter Eastman has two valid reasons for killing

Vincent Danielli, but since he didn't murder him

someone else had a better motive.

Kirby EvansJohn Conte
Vincent DanielliAlejandro Rey (victim)
Walter EastmanJess Barker (defendant)
JudgeS. John Launer

134. The Case of the Left-Handed Liar - 1961

Ward Nichols wants to marry Casey Daniels, but her

father is killed and Ward is charged with his murder.

Ward NicholsEd Nelson (defendant)
Veronica TempleLeslie Parrish
Bernard DanielsLes Tremayne (victim)
Rhonda HousemanJoan Banks
JudgeKenneth MacDonald

135. The Case of the Brazen Bequest - 1961

Dr. Cromwell's scandeous past threatens to

jeopardize Euclid College from receiving

a million dollar grant.

Doctor Marcus TateAlan Hewitt
Charles CromwellKarl Weber (defendant)
Robert HaskellWilliam Allyn (victim)
JudgeCharles Irving

136. The Case of the Renegade Refugee - 1961

A reporter that was close to exposing an

ex-nazi is killed.

Philip Kuiper alias Harlan MerrillDick Foran (defendant)
Lawrence VanderPaul Lambert (victim)
Max Keinermann alias Arthur HenningsRonald Long
Emery FillmoreDenver Pyle
JudgeJohn Gallaudet

137. The Case of the Unwelcome Bride - 1961

A man offers his son's wife $50,000 to divorce his son.

Sue Ellen FrazerDiana Millay (defendant)
Peter ThorpeDeForest Kelley
Lon SnyderAlan Hale
Gregson FrazerBryan Grant (victim)
Judge SeymourWillis Bouchey

138. The Case of the Roving River - 1961

A man tries to extort $10,000 from his step

daughter in order to support her claim

Judy BryantSarah Marshall (defendant)
Seth TysonJ. Pat O'Malley
Amos BryantRobert Lowery (victim)
Judge LibottLewis Martin
Judge HolmesEd Prentiss

139. The Case of the Shapely Shadow - 1962

A secratary beleives that her boss may be being

blackmailed and goes to Perry for help.

Cole B. TroyRobert Rockwell
Janice WainwrightElaine Devry (defendant)
Morley L. ThielmanGeorge Neise (victim)
JudgeWillis Bouchey

140. The Case of the Captain's Coins - 1962

Phil Andrews is charged with the murder of the man

that was opposing his marriage.

Philip AndrewsJeremy Slate (defendant)
Ben FarradayHerbert Rudley (victim)
Sid GarthHenry Beckman
JudgeMorris Ankrum

141. The Case of the Tarnished Trademark - 1962

Martin Somers buys Axel Norstaad's well respected

business and starts making inferior

merchandise under the trademark.

Axel NorstaadKarl Swenson (defendant)
MaigretMalcolm Atterbury
Martin SomersDennis Patrick (victim)
JudgeS. John Launer

142. The Case of the Glamorous Ghost - 1962

Perry's client Eleanor Corbin claims to  have

amnesia after police suspect she

murdered Doug Hepner.

Eleanor CorbinMary Murphy (defendant)
Ethel BelanJeanne Cooper
Walter RicheyDouglas Dick
JudgeKenneth MacDonald

143. The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal - 1962

Two pen pals discuess secrets about a merger between

two companies and a murder results.

Karen RossPatricia Breslin (defendant)
Florence HolmanJoan Tompkins
Wilma GregsonKathryn Givney (victim)
JudgeJohn Litel
Sandra GregsonChrystine Jordan

144. The Case of the Mystified Miner - 1962

$200,000 that Susan Fisher put in a safe

disappears and leads to murder.

Susan FisherKathie Browne (defendant)
Elizabeth DowSheila Bromley
JudgeJohn Gallaudet
Ken LowryMichael Harvey (victim)

145. The Case of the Crippled Cougar - 1962

Mike Preston is charged with murder after trying to

sell his oil rich land for a cheap price.

Mike PrestonBill Williams (defendant)
Harlow PhippsNoah Keen (victim)
Arnold KeithJohn Bryant
JudgeWillis Bouchey

146. The Case of the Absent Artist - 1962

A man leading a double life is killed and Perry must find

out who knew about his two seperate lives.

Daphne WhilomZasu Pitts
Gabe Philips alias Otto GervaertMark Roberts (victim)
Charles "Monty" MontroseRichard Erdman
Alexander GlovatskiVictor Buono
Pete MandersWynn Pearce (defendant)
JudgeBill Zuckert

147. The Case of the Melancholy Marksman - 1962

A man plotting to kill his wife can't go through

with it but is still arrested for the murder.

Ted ChasePaul Richards (defendant)
Irene Benson ChaseMari Blanchard (victim)
Tony BensonPeter Baldwin
JudgeS. John Launer

148. The Case of the Angry Astronaut - 1962

General Addison Brand is responsible for making pilot Mitch

Heller's life terrible and when Brand is murdered Heller

is arrested.

Major General Addison BrandJames Coburn (victim)
Mitchell HellerRobert Bray (defendant)
Matthew OwenJohn Marley
JudgeTom Harkness

149. The Case of the Borrowed Baby - 1962

Perry and Della return to the office and find a

baby on his desk. The trail left by the mother

leads to murder.

Florence WoodMaria Palmer
Lester MenkeCorey Allen (victim)
Virginia "Ginny" TalbotKaye Elhardt (defendant)
JudgeKenneth MacDonald

150. The Case of the Counterfeit Crank - 1962

August Dalgran escapes from a sanitarium when he finds

out that his nephew is going to double-cross him and this

is after August tried to protect him.

August "Gus" DalgranOtto Kruger (defendant)
Kenneth DalgranDon Dubbins (victim)
Sandra DalagranConnie Hines
Jay FentonJohn Larkin
Chuck BlairBurt Reynolds

151. The Case of the Ancient Romeo - 1962

Franze Lachman is killed while doing a scene of Romeo

and Juliet on stage.  The cartridge was suppose to be

blank, but someone replaced it with a real bullet.

Franz LachmanJeff Morrow (victim)
Steve BrockRex Reason (defendant)
Carl BrunerRobert Cornthwaite
JudgeWillis Bouchey

152. The Case of the Promoter's Pillbox - 1962

Charlie Corby stole Herbert Simms' idea for a television show

and Herbert wants to prove it.

Herbert SimmsLinden Chiles (defendant)
Charlie CoryJohn Lasell (victim)
Jerome StokesEdmond Ryan
JudgeJohn Gallaudet
Maurice ParnessIvan Dixon

153. The Case of the Lonely Eloper - 1962

Merle Telford's aunt controls most of her life, but on her twenty

first birthday she plans to run away and get married.

That is until she is arrested for her aunt's murder.

Merle TelfordJana Taylor (defendant)
Gina GilbertJoan Staley
Olivia LangleyJorja Cutright (victim)
JudgeKenneth MacDonald