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The Case of the Tarnished Trademark

Episode Number: 141    Season Num: 5    First Aired: January 20, 1962    Prod Code: 419058
Axel Norstaad sells his much respected furniture trademark to Martin Somers, described by some as the slide trombone of the furniture business. Somers immediately begins stripping the company of its assets and churning out inferior products. Axel protests these developments vehemently and when Somers is found murdered he gets arrested for the crime. To complicate things, Axel is in love with Edie Morrow whom he suspects might be the actual killer.

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Writer: Oliver Crawford, Maurice Zimm
Director: Jerry Hopper
Star: Barbara Hale (Della Street),  William Hopper (Paul Drake),  William Talman (Hamilton Burger),  Ray Collins (Lieutenant ArthurTragg),  Raymond Burr (Perry Mason),  Wesley Lau (Lt. Anderson)
Recurring Role: S. John Launer (Judge)
Guest Star: James Hansen (Attendant),  Frank Hagney (1st Workman),  Harry Strang (2nd Workman),  Ted White (Foreman),  Thom Carney (Policeman),  Robert Ball (Clerk),  Lisa Davis (Secretary),  Marie Windsor (Edie Morrow),  Phillip Terry (Latham Reed),  Francis DeSales (Floyd Chapman),  William Tracy (Motel Manager),  Tommy Farrell (Salesman),  Morgan Woodward (Carl Pederson),  Malcolm Atterbury (Maigret),  Karl Swenson (Axel Norstaad),  Stafford Repp (Bartender),  Dennis Patrick (Martin Somers),  Edward Norris (Sam Hadley),  Osa Massen (Lisa Pederson),  Don Dillaway (Ramsey)

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Karl Swenson would return in TCOT Bigamous Spouse, TCOT Sleepy Slayer, and TCOT 12th Wildcat. (edit)
Morgan Woodward, though appearing in a sympathetic role in this episode, is best known to movie goers as the sinister Boss Godfrey in the 1967 prison drama Cool Hand Luke. (edit)

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Della: Aw, such a pity.
Perry: Hmm?
Della: That a man like that should have to wait all those years to get married. Don't you agree?
Perry: You've been my legal secretary long enough to know that that's a leading question. Here, you take that one.
Della: Uh --- (edit)

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