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Perry Mason: The Case of the Baited Hook

 

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Air Date

December 21, 1957

Production Code

233259

Episode Summary

Robert Dawson confronts Albert Tydings, his partner, about $80K missing from Carol Stanley's trust account. Albert Tydings admits he embezzled the money and blackmails Robert Dawson to keep quiet or he will reveal some scandalous facts about Carol. Later, Carol calls and makes an appointment to meet Albert Tydings at his office to discuss the trust account. She arrives to find Albert Tydings dead. The next morning Perry goes to Albert Tydings' home and finds him there dead. Eventually the police determine Tydings body was moved from his office. The police accuse Carol Stanley when her car is reported seen at the office at the time he was murdered.

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  • Geraldine Wall would appear again in TCOT Petulant Partner, TCOT Promoter's Pillbox, TCOT Blind Man's Bluff, TCOT Decadent Dean, and TCOT Wrathful Wraith. []
  • George Neise appeared on Perry Mason four times and each time he played the murder victim. Besides this episode Neise appeared in TCOT Calendar Girl, TCOT Shapely Shadow, and TCOT Golden Girls. []
  • We see more of Perry's apartment when Robert Dawson comes to meet him at home and when Della gives Perry medicine for his cold. []
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  • Lt. Tragg (to Perry): Suppression of material evidence in a murder might be hard to explain to the bar association. And I'd hate to lose my favorite sparing partner. []

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