September 21,1957 [1] "The
Case of the Restless Redhead"
Director William
D. Russell
TeleplayRussell S. Hughes
StoryErle Stanley Gardner's 1954 novel
This, the first episode of "Perry
Mason," was a real cliff-hanger.
Perry drives to the scene of a shooting
and finds the police recovering the body of Harry Merrill
from a car that went over the side of a mountain. Merrill
has a bullet in his body and a pillowcase over his head.
This is a coincidence, because Perry's client, Evelyn
Bagby, claims she was chased by a hooded man in a car
near the same cliff that day. She fired two shots at the
man's car to scare him off, and now the police want her
for murder.
Perry appears interested in more than
the charges when he takes on Evelyn's case. He makes
numerous comments about her big blue eyes. Is it those
peepers, money, or dedication that spurs this young
lawyer on to the cause of justice? We have 270 more
winning episodes to figure it out.
Evelyn BagbyWhitney
Blake (defendant)
Lewis BolesVaughn Taylor
Judge KippenGrandon Rhodes
Drake's operatorLorraine Martin
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