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GUEST STAR
Paul PicerniCharles Gallagher
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GUEST STAR
Dorothy GreenDiana Maynard
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GUEST STAR
Luis Van RootenSamuel Carlin
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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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William Talman
Hamilton Burger
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Ray Collins
Lieutenant ArthurTragg
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TRIVIA (2)
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Nitpick: Paul Picerni's character states that he's suffering from tuberculosis yet he smokes like a chimney throughout the entire episode.
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Nitpick: Paul Picerni's character is an escapee from a correctional institution who doesn't want his true identity to be discovered. So what's he doing sitting in the courtroom during the trial?
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QUOTES (3)
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Perry: (fixing his tie and jacket - after they have solved the case) There. How's that? Della: Very nice. Perry: Am I presentable enough to take you to dinner? Della: Definitely. Perry: Where do you want to go? Della: Ferrold's Cafe. Perry: Why there? Della: Well, there's something that still puzzles me in this case. Perry: Mmhmm. Della: What could they possibly put in a cup of coffee that makes it worth a dollar? Perry: No more questions - please!
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(while dining out at a fancy French restaurant) Della: You know, this restaurant's going to need a lawyer one of these days. Perry: Why? Della: Grand larceny. Look at these prices. Perry: My dear Miss Street, you know enough not to read on the right side of them menu. Coffee, one dollar. Coffee, one dollar. Coffee, one dollar!!
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Diana Maynard (about the culprit): Look at him, he was going to get away with murder.
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NOTES (4)
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Dorothy Green would return in TCOT Violent Vest.
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A young, red-haired Angie Dickinson plays the defendant in this episode (where she is described as a brunette). Ms. Dickinson would be a blonde when she starred in Police Woman during the 1970's.
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Another great courtroom denouement highlights this episode although for once it isn't Perry who does the exposing of the real culprit.
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Paul Picerni, best known as Agent Lee Hobson on The Untouchables, makes his first of three guest appearances in this episode playing the brother of defendant Angie Dickinson. Picerni would return in TCOT Sardonic Sergeant and TCOT Bouncing Boomerang.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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In regards to the $1.00 cup of coffee, this episode was first aired on February 22, 1958, when, according to the U.S. Consumer Price Index calculator, a cup of coffee that costs $1.40 in 2007 would have cost 20 cents in 1958!
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Slight blooper in "The Case of the Two-faced Turnabout."
16 hours ago2
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It would be great to see all the episodes of Perry Mason
05/03/123
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When will we get the full series on here
03/03/101
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Perry Mason is now appearing in...
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did Drake or Mason ever. . .
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