PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE RESTLESS REDHEAD {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)

Summary

The first in this series of dramas, based on the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner, about the cases of trial attorney Perry Mason, who proves his clients' innocence by solving the crimes himself, with assistance from his savvy secretary Della Street and private investigator Paul Drake. In this episode, Mason is called upon to solve the murder of Harry Merrill by his client, Evelyn Bagby, who has been framed with the crime. Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: September 21, 1957 7:30 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:50:59
• COLOR/B&W: B&W
• CATALOG ID: T77:0234
• GENRE: Drama, legal
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, legal
• SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1957-1966
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Gail Patrick Jackson … Executive Producer
• Ben Brady … Producer
• Sam White … Associate Producer
• William D. Russell … Director
• Russell S. Hughes … Writer
• Raymond Burr … Cast, Perry Mason
• Barbara Hale … Cast, Della Street
• William Hopper … Cast, Paul Drake
• William Talman … Cast, Hamilton Burger
• Ray Collins … Cast, Lt. Arthur Tragg
• Whitney Blake … Cast, Evelyn Bagby
• Vaughn Taylor … Cast, Mr. Boles
• Jane Buchanan … Cast, Mrs. Boles
• Ralph Clanton … Cast, Aldritch
• Dick Rich … Cast, Sgt. Holcomb
• Gloria Henry … Cast, Helene Chaney
• Grandon Rhodes … Cast, Judge Kippen
• Clark Howat … Cast, Policeman
• Norman Leavitt … Cast, Mr. Redfield
• Helen Mayon … Cast, Mary Thompson
• Jack Gargan … Cast, Court Clerk
• Lorraine Martin … Cast, Drake's Operator