Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991) (TV)

Director:

Ron Satlof

Writers:

Sean Cholodenko (written by)
Erle Stanley Gardner (characters)

Release Date:

11 February 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the...

Plot Keywords:

Perry Mason | Italian American | Attorney | Mobster | Murder

Cast

Raymond Burr	...	Perry Mason
Barbara Hale	...	Della Street
William R. Moses	...	Ken Malansky
Mason Adams	...	Frank Halloran
Michael Nader	...	Johnny Sorrento
Anne Schedeen	...	Paula Barrett
Pamela Bowen	...	Joanna Calder
Betsy Jones-Moreland	...	Judge Elinor Harrelson
Sean Kanan	...	Jeff Sorrento
Mitzi Kapture	...	Janice Kirk
Beverly Leech	...	Karen Thatcher
Howard McGillin	...	Mike Calder
Richard Portnow	...	Dave Barrett
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Sergeant Phil Baranski
Gwynyth Walsh	...	Maria Sorrento
Paul Anka	...	Nick Angel
Rich Beall	...	Albert Faro
Kevin Gray	...	Valet
Dan Kopper	...	Man in Supermarket
Leigh Reyburn	...	Charlene
Eric Server	...	Asst. D. A. Stuart
Rosie Holotik	...	Connie Angel (as Rosie Waters)
Walker Williams	...	Bartender #1
Jeff Austin	...	Pool Hall Manager
Gary Cupp	...	Bartender #2
Prince Havely	...	Reporter #1
Annette Marin	...	Reporter #2
Katy Whelan	...	Reporter #3

Directed by
Ron Satlof

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sean Cholodenko		written by
Erle Stanley Gardner		characters

Produced by
Dean Hargrove	....	executive producer
Fred Silverman	....	executive producer
Billy Ray Smith	....	producer
David Solomon	....	producer
Joel Steiger	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Dick DeBenedictis		(as Richard DeBenedictis)

Cinematography by
Robert Seaman		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Carter DeHaven		(as Carter De Haven IV)

Casting by
Eric Dawson
Robert J. Ulrich

Production Design by
Paul Staheli

Set Decoration by
Charlie Helms

Costume Design by
Ronn Rynhart

Makeup Department
Rosanne Bigelow	....	hair stylist
Patti Dallas	....	makeup artist
Brenda Moen	....	hair stylist
Dee Sandella	....	key makeup artist
Dionne Smith	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Mike Moder	....	executive in charge of production
Billy Ray Smith	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Blank	....	first assistant director
Gail Joyce Fortmuller	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Randy Holland	....	construction coordinator
Susan MacDonald-Petersen	....	property master

Sound Department
James L. Aicholtz	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Emerson	....	production sound mixer
Robert L. Harman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eileen Horta	....	supervising sound editor
Allen L. Stone	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Greg LaPlante	....	sound editor (uncredited)
John O. Robinson III	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Keith Mosca	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)

Stunts
Gary Jensen	....	stunt coordinator
Gene Hartline	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jerry Jencks	....	key grip
Brad Lipson	....	gaffer
Lee Nakahara	....	camera operator
Douglas O'Kane	....	first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sharon T. Brunn	....	costumer: women
Kelly Andrew King	....	costumer: men (as Kelly A. King)

Editorial Department
Hal Harrison	....	post-production executive
Victoria Jensen	....	assistant editor
Haya Tawatao	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Ted Roberts	....	music editor
Fred Steiner	....	composer: theme "Perry Mason"

Transportation Department
Gil Talamantes	....	transportation coordinator
Dave West	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Karen Beard	....	location manager
Robert Benevides	....	production consultant
Donna Colabella	....	production executive
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer: main titles
Jeff Glasser	....	script supervisor
Pamela Knapp	....	production accountant
Andrea Nachman	....	production coordinator
Dennis Smith	....	legal advisor

Production Companies

• Dean Hargrove Productions
• Fred Silverman Company
• Viacom Productions

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1991) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Dean Hargrove Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991) (TV)

Lawyer/Client Privilege

Television has never seen a more ethical attorney than Perry Mason, as is well known he never takes on a really guilty client. But this particular Mason television film really plays it close to the edge in the realm of lawyer/client privilege.

If I'm wrong some lawyers or law student will no doubt write and correct me, but in this particular film Raymond Burr is defending mobster Michael Nader who is charged with murdering his wife. Nader is one of the darker characters that Mason has ever defended either in the two hour films or the one hour television series from the Ffities and Sixties.

Nader's wife Gwynyth Walsh is killed when someone fires a bullet into a speeding car Walsh is driving causing her to lose control and the car hurtle over a cliff. Of course there's no lack of suspects as usual.

But in order to get at the truth, Burr actually let's it come out that his client actually did another murder some time earlier. The two crimes are indirectly linked. Maybe I'm wrong but the fact that he got his own client nailed for another murder to acquit him of the one he's defending him for seems to be stretching the lawyer/client privilege issue out of shape. I think the Bar Association might have had something to say on the issue.

Still it ends as all Perry Mason stories do with the guilty part unmasked. Not someone you would have suspected given the kind of parts this individual normally plays.