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Perry Mason Season 1

S01E16 The Case of the Demure Defendant

First Aired: January 4, 1958



Nadine Marshall lives with her Uncle Martin and Captain Hugo. She comes home excited with the news of her engagement to John Locke. When she tells her Uncle Martin, he shows her some papers about her family which upset her. When Nadine visits John Locke, she takes some cyanide pills without John noticing. Later that evening Nadine makes her Uncle Martin's nightly hot chocolate and he dies shortly afterward. Nadine is accused of murder when she makes a taped confession that she killed her uncle.



Cast: Raymond Burr (Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Della Street), William Hopper (Paul Drake), William Talman (Hamilton Burger), Ray Collins (Lieutenant ArthurTragg)



Recurring Role: Connie Cezon (Gertie), Morris Ankrum (Judge)



Guests: Lida Piazza (Miss Wilson), Paul Hahn (Ballistics Man), Barry Atwater (Dr. Denair), Joseph Mell (Stand Owner), Steven Geray (Korbell), Walter Coy (Lester Newburn), Alexander Campbell (Wellman), Maurice Manson (Dr. Granby), Sherwood Price (John Locke), Fay Baker (Marion Newburn), Clem Bevans (Capt. Hugo), Ashley Cowan (Messenger), John Mitchum (Operative), Leilani Sorensen (Girl), Jack Harris (Court Clerk), Rickie Sorensen (Arthur Lindner), Christine White (Nadine Marshall)