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The Case of the Posthumous Painter

Episode Number: 132    Season Num: 5    First Aired: November 11, 1961    Prod Code: 419047
Artist Jack Culross fakes his own suicide and sees the sales of his paintings go through the roof. His only problem was that he forgot to inform his wife Edna of the scheme. After Edna sees a completed painting of Jack's that she knows he didn't finish while he was "alive" she gets wise. Edna manages to track down her "deceased" husband but they fight and she knocks him down. Then he's found dead. Edna must stand trial for murder.

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Writer: Richard Grey
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Star: Barbara Hale (Della Street),  William Hopper (Paul Drake),  William Talman (Hamilton Burger),  Ray Collins (Lieutenant ArthurTragg),  Wesley Lau (Lt. Anderson),  Raymond Burr (Perry Mason),  Karl Held (David Gideon)
Recurring Role: Nelson Leigh (Judge)
Guest Star: Carol Rossen (Linda Burnside),  Vera Marshe (Woman),  Don Lynch (Deputy),  Paul Barselow (Resident),  Stuart Erwin (Austin Durant),  Jason Evers (Clint Miller),  John McNamara (Robert Shelby),  Lori March (Edna Culross),  George Macready (Dr. Vincent Kenyon),  Britt Lomond (Jack Culross),  Chuck Hamilton (I) (Postal Inspector),  James Griffith (Walter Hutchings)

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Veteran character actor Stuart Erwin had previously starred in his own sitcom, The Trouble with Father, back in the 1950's. Erwin would return in TCOT Double Entry Mind, TCOT Scandalous Sculptor, and TCOT Impetuous Imp. (edit)

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Culprit (after being delivered a package in the courtroom containing evidence which proves guilt): I DON'T WANT IT! I DON'T WANT IT! (edit)

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