Perry Mason

The Case of the Romantic Rogue

Season 2, Episode 17, Aired 2/14/59

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An heiress to her uncle's fortune is charged with the murder of''a female private investigator during a search for her missing''uncle.

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Raymond Burr

Perry Mason
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An heiress to her uncle's fortune is charged with the murder of a female private investigator.

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By carrier509, Jun 13, 2006 Report Abuse

Helen Harvey is an heiress to her late uncle's fortune.
She meets and falls in love with a con artist named
Stacy Chandler.Helen's aunt,Florence Harvey,hires a
private investigator,Irene Wallace, to expose Chandler,but instead Helen takes the bait.When Irene Wallace is found
murdered, Helen is charged with her murder and Perry Mason
is hired to defend her.Mason maintains that the disappearence of Harry West's wife is connected with
the murder and Mason and private eye Paul Drake try a
maneuver of digging up earth on some property West owns
and getting West to confess to the murder.It is discovered
through his confession that he had murdered his wife and
Helen's uncle.
Great episode.moreless

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An heiress to her uncle's fortune is charged with killing a female private eye in searching for her uncle.

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By wrongplace2, Apr 04, 2006 Report Abuse

Stacy Chandler is a con-artist who was trying to
fleece Helen Harvey of her money,but falls in love
with her instead.When a female private eye
says she knows where her uncle is in order to
trap Stacy,instead of Stacy,it's Helen who goes
to see the private eye.They get into an altercation in which Helen is ejected from the
woman's bungalow.Helen is charged with murder
when the woman is found dead.Perry Mason then
helps Helen clear up three murders in one.
Gene Wang does a tremendous job in writing
this episode,considering that he was an ex-lawyer,
and the result is an excellent episode with a
dramatic revelation of the real murderer.moreless

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An heiress to her uncle's fortune attempts to find her uncle based on an ex-con artist's tips. It leads her to a bungalow where a female private detective, hired by her aunt,was waiting for that con artist.The heiress,in inquirmoreless

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By coreybryant, Jul 19, 2005 Report Abuse

I never thought a lawyer had the imagination and
the capacity to write such a good story.Yet,
Gene Wang did just that in this episode.The
story is about a girl who gets involved with
an ex-con artist.When she finds out that he is
a con artist,at first she is hurt,but when that
con artist tells her that a female private
detective may have the answer to the disappearence
of her uncle,she knows he's being true and goes
to the bungalow where the detective is staying.
They quarrel,and when later the detective is
found strangled to death,she is the suspect.
Perry Mason then defends her.Later it is found
that a carpenter whose wife had become involved
with her uncle committed not only the murder,
but murdered his wife and her uncle.
Both the court action and the emotional
confession of the murderer are a standout in
this episode,as is the plot of a con artist
going straight.An excellent episode.moreless

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- Marion Ross makes an early television appearance in this episode. She is best known to TV viewers as Marion Cunningham on Happy Days. Edit
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- Paul: You suppose Mrs. Harvey was trying to help your client? Perry: That's just the kind of help that will put Helen right in the gas chamber. Edit
- Paul Drake: Talk about irony. There was a large hunk of it in this case.This is the first one I can recall where someone tried to frame the man who was guilty. Edit
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