Larry Benton has a problem: he thinks he has killed a man
after he accused him of cheating at poker. Ben Wallace
blackmails him over it and Larry's brother Steve is angry that Larry has forged checks in his name. He goes to
Perry Mason and thinks his brother is being blackmailed
by Johnny Clay and Ben Wallace. Then Steve decides to take
matters into his own hands and goes to Johnny Clay to
confront him. Steve finds Johnny Clay murdered, and Ben
Wallace catches him wiping off fingerprints everywhere in
Clay's beach house. Perry Mason then defends Steve and
gets the real murderer. A good episode, as is any episode written by
Gene Wang.moreless
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Episode Summary
Larry Benton is a hard luck guy. He gets in an argument in a poker game and knocks Mike Granger out cold. Then his "friends" inform him that Granger is dead. Unknown to Larry, the entire scenario is a scam to shake him down for money. Larry forges his brother's check for $5,000.00 but ring leader Johnny Clay tries to bleed him for an additional twenty grand. Johnny's greed proves to be his undoing as he ends up dead himself. Steve Benton tries to cover up Larry's involvement and ends up being charged with Clay's murder. Perry then tries to track down Mike Granger, the man Larry supposedly killed, in order to get to the bottom ot things.moreless
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Raymond Burr
Perry Mason
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Barbara Hale
Della Street
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William Hopper
Paul Drake
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