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Season 1

1957-1958

1. The Case of the Restless Redhead - 9/21/57

Evelyn Bagby shoots at a hooded man chasing after her

and is eventually charged with his murder.

Evelyn BagbyWhitney Blake (defendant)

Lewis BolesVaughn Taylor

Mrs.BolesJane Buchanan

Helene ChaneyGloria Henry

Sgt. HolcombDick Rich

Mervyn AldritchRalph Clanton

Judge KippenGrandon Rhodes

2. The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece - 9/28/57

Peter Cole awakens to find himself standing over the dead

body of the man that was black mailing him.

Peter Cole--John McNamara (defendant)

Frank Maddox--John Archer

Steve Harris--Darryl Hickman

Phillip Kendall--Harry Hickox (victim)

Edna HammerNancy Hadley

Lucille MaysHelen Mowery

Judge--Kenneth MacDonald

3. The Case of the Nervous Accomplice - 10/5/57

Sybil Granger starts out interested in some land that is supposedly

rich in oil, but she ends up being tried for murder.

Sybil Granger--Maggie Hayes (defendant)

Roxy Howard--Greta Thyssen

George Lutts--Richard Hale (victim)

Herbert Dean--Robert Cornthwaite

Bruce Granger--William Roerick
Judge Hoyt --Morris Ankrum

4. The Case of the Drowning Duck - 10/12/57 

     Marv Adams can make a duck sink in water, but when he is charged with

poisoning and murdering Donald Briggs Perry takes his case.

Helen Waters-Carolyn Craig

George Norris--Paula Winslow

Marv Adams--Gary Vinson (defendant)
Donald Briggs--Harry Landers (victim)
Lois Reed--Carol kelly
Mrs. Adams--Olive Blakeney
Clyde Waters--Vic Sutherland
Dr. Wall--Joseph Crehan

Judge Meehan --Nolan Leary

5. The Case of the Sulky Girl - 10/19/57

Frances Celane is arrested for the murder of her uncle

after she asks Perry to help with her father's estate.

Frances Celane--Olive Sturgess
Arthur Crinston--Robert Griffin
Rod Gleason--Brian Hutton (defendant)
Edward Norton--Raymond Greenleaf (victim)
Judge Brian C. Purley--Howard Wendell
Judge Markham--Frank Wilcox

6. The Case of the Silent Partner - 10/26/57

Mildred Kimber gets mixed up with murder when an

ex-con tries to take advantage of her husband.

Lola Florey--Peggy Maley

Mildred Kimber--Anne Barton (defendant)
Sam Lynk--Michael Emmet (victim)
Bob Kimber--Mark Roberts

Harry Marlow--Dan Seymour

7. The Case of the Angry Mourner - 11/2/57

Belle Adrian is arrested for murder after the victim

Mark Cushing tries to get a little too close to her daughter.

Marion Keats--Joan Weldon
Belle Adrian--Sylvia Field (defendant)
District Attorney William Hale--Paul Fix
Sam Burris--Malcolm Atterbury
Carla Adrian--Barbara Eden
Mark Cushing--Eric Sinclair (victim)
Judge Norwood--Jamie Forster

8. The Case of the Crimson Kiss - 11/9/57

A dead man is found with lip stick on his forehead

and all of the evidence points to Fay Allison.

Anita Bonsai--Jean Willes
Fay Allison--Sue England (defendant)
Louise Marlow--Frances Bavier
Shirley Tanner--Gloria McGhee
judge Randolph--Frank Wilcox
Carver L. Clement--John Holland (victim)

9. The Case of the Vagabond Vixen - 11/16/57

Perry gets involved in a blackmail plot and then murder

when his client picks up a beautiful hitchhiker.

John Addison--Robert Ellenstein (defendant)
Lorraine Ferrell--Catherine McLeod
Veronica Dale--Carol Leigh
Myrtle Northrup--Peggy Converse
Peter Handsell--James Anderson
Edgar Ferrell--Paul Cavanaugh (victim)
Judge Keetley--Pierre Watkin

10. The Case of the Runaway Corpse -11/23/57

A man dying in the hospital of arsenic poisoning has a letter

saying that his wife poisoned him and her uncle.

Myrna Davenport--June Dayton (defendant)

Jason Beckmeyer--Dan Williams

Ed Davenport--John Stephenson (victim)
Rita Norge--Rebecca Welles

Louise Ansel--Sarah Selby

Judge--Ed Jerome

11. The Case of the Crooked Candle -11/30/57

Joe Bradford had two wives and its up to Perry

to figure out which one killed him.

Martha Bradford--Nancy Gates (defendant)
Larry Sands--Whit Bissell
Rita Bradford/Wassell--Doris Singleton
Joe Bradford--Bruce Cowling (victim)
Judge Newark--Frank Wilcox

12. The Case of the Negligent Nymph - 12/7/57

Sally Fenner is charged with her boss's murder after fleeing

from his home where his dead body was found.

Sally Fenner--Peggy Castle (defendant)

Karen Alder--Joan Banks
George Alder--David Lewis (victim)
Ysidero Martinez--Robert Tafur

Arthur Dorian--James Griffith
Alex Hess--John Cliff

Judge Summerville--James Nusser


13. The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink - 12/4/57

A moth-eaten mink coat left behind in a restaurant leads to the

arrest of the owner for the murder of a stalker.

Sergeant Jaffrey--Douglas Kennedy
Morey Allen--Robert Osterloh (defendant)
Dixie Dayton--Kay Faylen (defendant)
Judge Lennox--Grandon Rhodes
George Fayette--Marc Krah

14. The Case of the Baited Hook - 12/21/57

Perry receives half of a $10,000 bill as a retainer

and then gets involved in a murder case.

Abigail Esther Leeds--Geraldine Wall
Carol Alice Leeds/Carol Stanley--Judith Braun (defendant)
Albert Tydings--George Nelse (victim)
Paul's operative, Jack--Maurice McEndree


15. The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse - 12/28/57

Two fan dancers are arrested for the murder

of John Callender.

Lois Fenton Callender--Susan Cummings (defendant)

John Callender--Hugh Sanders (victim)
Cherie Chi-Chi--Judy Tyler
Arthur Sheldon--Scott Elliot

Jasper Fenton--John Brinkley

Judge Donahue--Sydney Smith

16. The Case of the Demure Defendant - 1/4/58

Truth serum is used to get a young girl to

confess to the murder of her uncle.

Nadine Marshall--Christine White (defendant)
Captain Hugo--Clem Bevans
Martin Wellman--Alexander Price (victim)
Judge--Morris Ankrum

17. The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary -1/11/58

Arlene Dowling's belongings are stolen from

her house, including her diary.

Arlene Dowling--Susan Morrow (defendant)
Doctor Ralph Chandler--Carl Betz
Bill Emory--Peter Leeds
George L. Ballard--Ralph Moody (victim)
Gertie Lade--Connie Cezon
Judge--Kenneth MacDonald

18. The Case of the Cautious Coquette - 1/18/58

While working on a hit and run case Perry ends up

defending a woman charged with murder.

Sheila Cromwell--Virginia Gregg
Elaine Barton Pitkin--Kipp Hamilton (defendant)
Ross Hollister--James Seay (victim # 1)
Harry Pitkin--Harry Jackson (victim # 2)
Judge Osborn--Sydney Smith

19. The Case of the Haunted Husband - 1/25/58

A body is found in the hotel room of a client that

Perry recently helped arrange bail for.

Doris Stephanak--Karen Steele
Claire Olger--Patricia Hardy (defendant)
Michael Greeley--John Hubbard (victim # 1)
Ernie Tanner--Fredd Wayne (victim # 2)
Marcia Greeley--Helen Westcott
Judge--Sydney Smith

20. The Case of the Lonely Heiress - 2/1/58

Marilyn Clark believes she knows who killed her sister

and she is out to prove it, but before she can she

is arrested for the man's murder.

Delores Coterro--Anna Navarro
Charles Barnaby --L. Q. Jones (victim)
Marilyn Cartwright alias Clark--Kathleen Crowley (defendant)
Margo, Paul's secretary--Gail Kobe
Judge--Frank Wilcox

21. The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister - 2/8/58

Perry erases an incriminationg tape to help Harriet Bain's

father, but she is charged with murder.

Harriet Bain--Virginia Vincent (defendant)

Addison Doyle--Robin Hughes

Jeremiah Josiah Stanley--James Bell (victim)
Sylvia Bain--Tina Carver
Ned Bain--Carl Benton Reid

Judge--Morris Ankrum

22. The Case of the Fugitive Nurse - 2/15/58

Janet Morris is accused of murdering her husband,  

but thevictim is not her husband. Its up to Perry

to find out who the dead man was

and who the real murder is.

Janet Morris--Bethel Leslie (defendant)

David Kirby--Dabbs Greer (victim)
Dr. Charles Morris--Shepard Strudwick

Angela Kirby--Jeanette Nolan

Judge--Owen Cunningham

23. The Case of the One-Eyed Witness - 2/22/58

A woman, being blackmailed arranges for Perry to

exchange money for some documents, but

the blackmail turns into murder.

Marian Gallagher Fargo--Angie Dickinson
Samuel D. Carlin--Louis Van Rooten
Charles Gallagher--Paul Picerni
Pierre Renault--Jan Arvan (victim # 1)
Judge--Vincent G. Perry
Arthur Fargo--Peter Adams (victim # 2)
Paul Drake's telephone operator--Shirley Buchanan

24. The Case of the Deadly Double - 3/1/58

A woman leading a double life dreams

that she killed a man.

Helen Crane Reed, alias Joyce Martel--Constance Ford
Robert Crane--Denver Pyle (defendant)
John Davis Hale--Murray Hamilton
David Reed--Carleton G. Young (victim)
Judge--Pierre Watkin
Tommy Reed--Kellogg Junge, Jr.

25.The Case of the Empty Tin - 3/8/58

Several women claim to be rightful heiress to the estate of

a war veteran, but one is charged with murder.

Doris Hocksley Jackson--Toni Gerry (defendant)
Elston Carr--Anthony jochim (victim # 1)
Rebecca Gentrie--Olive Deering
Alan Neil--Warren Stevens (victim # 2)
Judge--Frank Wilcox

26. The Case of the Half-Awakened Wife - 3/15/58

A friend of Perry's sends him a telegram asking for help,

but the man didn't send the telegram and

he winds up charged with murder.

Marion Shelby--Phyllis Avery
Frank Lawton--Stewart Bradley (defendant)
Scott Shelby--Tom Palmer (victim)
Judge Mitchell Ellsworth--Jason Johnson
DA Howard Black--Peter Hansen

27. The Case of the Desperate Daughter - 3/22/58

A girl with amnesia shows up in Perry's office

and its up to Perry and Paul to find out who

she is and who she is trying to protect.

Doris Bannister--Gigi Perreau (defendant)
Edward Bannister--Robert F. Simon
Lisa Gebhardt Bannister--Osa Massen
Stefan Riker--Werner Klemperer (victim)
Judge--Pierre Watkin


28. The Case of the Daring Decoy - 3/29/58

A fight for control of a firm leads to murder and Perry's

client is framed for the murder.

Daniel Conway--H.M. Wynant (defendant)
Fred Calvert--Jack Weston
Amelia Armitage--Jacqueline Scott
Judge--Grandon Rhodes
Rose Calvert--Pamela Duncan (victim)

29. The Case of the Hesitant Hostess - 4/5/58

Albert Sanders is charged with the burglary

and then the murder of a dance hall girl.

Albert Sanders--Fred Sherman (defendant)
Martha Rayburn--June Vincent
Frederick Archer III--Les Tremayne
Joe Gibbs--Ned Wever
Kim Lane--Betty Utey (victim)
Judge--Fay Roope

30. The Case of the Screaming Woman - 4/26/58

Perry's client confessed to the murder of Mary K. Davis,

but he doesn't think she is guilty.

Leona Walsh--Josephine Hutchinson (defendant)

Connie Cooper--Ruta Lee
Mary K. Davis--Marian Seldes (victim)

Eugene Jarech--Berry Kroeger

Judge Cameron--Morris Ankrum

31. The Case of the Fiery Fingers - 5/3/58

An elderly woman suspects a man is going to murder

his wife, but she is then charged with her murder.

Victoria Braxton--Mary La Roche

Nora Mae Quincy--Lenore Shanewise (defendant)

Louise Bainter Gordon--Susan Dorn (victim)
Charlotte Lynch--Fay Spain

Judge--Sydney Smith

32. The Case of the Substitute Face - 5/10/58

A staged death onboard a cruise ship leads to a real murder.

Anna Houser--Lurene Tuttle (defendant)
Carl Houser--Theodore Newton (victim)
Judge Romley--Frank Wilcox
Daniel James alias Morgan Shreeves--Donald Lawton

33. The Case of the Long-Legged Models - 5/17/58

Stephanie Faulkner suspects that George Castle may

have been responsible for her father's death.

She is soon arrested for Castle's murder.

Stephanie Falkner--Peggy McCay (defendant)
Eva Elliott--Alix Talton
George Castle--Joe de Santis (victim #1)
Glenn Falkner--Russell Thorson (victim #2)
Judge Decker--Frank Wilcox

34. The Case of the Gilded Lily - 5/24/58

George Brent is being blackmailed, he covers up for

his new wife when the blackmailer is found dead.

Anne Brent--Mari Aldon
Charles Stewart Brent--Grant Withers (defendant)
Arthur Binney--Richard Erdman (victim)
Harry Mitchell--Wally Borwin
Judge Kyle--Fay Roope

35. The Case of the Lazy Lover - 5/31/58

Bertrand Allred is found at the bottom of a cliff and his wife

is arrested for his murder even though

there are plenty of suspects.

P.E. Overbrook--James Bell
Patricia Faxon--Yvonne Craig
Bertrand Allred--Neil Hamilton (victim)
Lucille Faxon Allred--Ann Lee (defendant)
Bob Fleetwood--Harry Townes
Judge Colton--Kenneth MacDonald

36. The Case of the Prodigal Parent - 6/7/58

Joseph Harrison returns the same night that his stepson

is murdered after being away for a while.

George Durrell--Herbert Rudley
Ethel Harrison--Fay Wray
Joseph Harrison--John Hoyt (defendant)
Philip Larkin--Terry Becker (victim)
Judge--Morris Ankrum
Sarah Winslow--Nancy Kulp

37. The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde - 6/14/58

Diana Reynolds has a black eye and  claims to be falsely

accused of stealing some jewels. Before its all over

she ends up charged with murder.

Diana Reynolds--Whitney Blake (defendant)
Norma Carter--Phyllis Coates
Marian Shaw--Judith Ames (victim)
Judge--Grandon Rhodes

38. The Case of the Terrified Typist - 6/21/58

A South African diamond compnay is robbed and the main

suspect used Perry's office as a getaway.

James Kincaid alias Duane Jefferson--Alan Marshall (defendant)
George Baxter--Jack Raine (victim)
Judge Hartley--Kenneth MacDonald

39. The Case of the Rolling Bones - 6/28/58

Daniel Reed is wanted for the murder of Maury Lewis

after he is seen leaving the dead man's room.

Daniel Reed--Edgar Stehli (defendant)
Willard Scott--Arthur Space
Maury Lewis alias Monte Sewell--King Calder (victim)
Judge Treadwell--Richard Gaines
Judge Morrisey--Morris Ankrum

 

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