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"Perry Mason" The Case of the Deadly Double (1958)
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Samuel Newman (writer)
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Original Air Date:
1 March 1958
(Season 1, Episode 24)
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To protect his sister, Helen Reed, Robert Crane threatens his brother-in-law, David Reed, with bodily harm...
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An Unusual Episode
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Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Raymond Burr | ... | Perry Mason |
| Barbara Hale | ... | Della Street |
| William Hopper | ... | Paul Drake |
| William Talman | ... | Hamilton Burger |
| Ray Collins | ... | Lt. Tragg |
| Constance Ford | ... | Helen Reed / Joyce Martel |
| Denver Pyle | ... | Robert Crane |
| Carole Mathews | ... | Cora Dunbar |
| Paul Langton | ... | Harry Vance |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | John 'Johnny' Davis Hale |
| Abraham Sofaer | ... | Dr. Maitland |
| Louise Truax | ... | Sarah |
| Carleton G. Young | ... | David Reed |
| Pierre Watkin | ... | Judge |
| Frank Jenks | ... | Cab Driver |
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60 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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This episode introduced the term "schizophrenia" to the audience in place of "dual personality." Today this condition is known as "dissociative identity disorder."
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Most Mason episodes revolve around ensemble acting and a whodunit plot. This is one, if not the only one, that revolves around a single central performance-- Constance Ford in a dual role. In 1958, multiple personality disorders were only beginning to be known to the American public thanks to the popular film Three Faces of Eve, which treated the problem in a clinical manner unlike Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde which remains a popular literary stereotype.
Ford's role is more like Jekyll and Hyde. As Helen Reed, she's timid, demure, and plain-faced; as Joyce Martel, she's boisterous, beautiful and aggressive. Of course, this is a demanding part that few actresses of the day could manage. It's to Ford's great credit that she brings off the two persona's as well as she does. The transition on the witness stand is almost hair-raising. The whodunit is routine but supplements nicely Ford's outstanding performance, the entry's unusual centerpiece.