The Case of the Golden Girls (19 Dec. 1965)

When the majority owner of the Golden Bear Club Stacey Garnett is found shot to death, his partner Victor Montalvo is charged with murder and he turns to Perry Mason to defend him. There is... See full summary »

Director:

Jesse Hibbs

Writers:

Erle Stanley Gardner (based on a novel by), Orville H. Hampton,

Stars:

Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Raymond Burr	...	Perry Mason
Barbara Hale	...	Della Street
William Hopper	...	Paul Drake
William Talman	...	Haamilton Burger
Richard Anderson	...	Lt. Steve Drumm
Dan Tobin	...	Terrance Clay
Philip Bourneuf	...	Victor Montalvo
Paula Stewart	...	Beverly Garnett
Victoria Vetri	...	Debbie Conrad (as Angela Dorian)
Mark Roberts	...	Irving Florian
Jean Engstrom	...	Corinne Richland
George N. Neise	...	Stacey Garnett (as George Neise)
Bruce Glover	...	Rick Durbin
John Gallaudet	...	Judge
Lee Frederick	...	Sgt. Eggers (as Lee Fredericks)

Storyline

When the majority owner of the Golden Bear Club Stacey Garnett is found shot to death, his partner Victor Montalvo is charged with murder and he turns to Perry Mason to defend him. There is no doubt that Montalvo disliked Garnett who took over the club and it's magazine, which focused on outdoor activities, and turned into a men's club and girlie magazine. Montalvo was known to have detested what Garnett did but the forensic evidence also shows that he was killed with a odd-caliber gun, which Montalvo happens to own. Perry is certain of his client's innocence but there are several others who would like to have Garnett dead.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 December 1965 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 4, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paisano Productions, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Sad- A near exact remake of a 1957 episode

While watching this episode I thought that perhaps I had seen this show earlier in the Perry Mason series. While investigating I found that except for their obvious rip-off of Hugh Hefner's Playboy Club this was the same plot, storyline and action from a 1957 episode called 'The Case of the Vagabond Vixen'. So basically this is a similar remake of another earlier Perry Mason TV show.

The story surrounds the control of the Golden Bear Club, which is the rip of the Playboy Club. Instead of the girls walking around in bunny suits, they have the women in bear suits with the brown skin and the bear ears.

Just like in the 1957 episode, one of the owners, Victor Montalio, is driving along the highway when he picks up this young women in distress. Little does Mr Montalio know that she is not the innocent women that she seems to be but is working with a third party that blackmails rich men.

To shorten this plot- Mr Montalio is trying to take over the day-to-day operations of the club and magazine from another owner Stacey Garnett. But before the board of directors meet, Mr Garnett is shot to death and the young women has evidence that Mr Montalio's gun was used and can place him at near the scene of the crime. And Perry comes in to defend him from the charge of murder.

Other than the eye candy of the young beautiful girls in bear outfits this episode has nothing new. It is like someone had the 1957 script and just said-'But some girls in sexy outfits and no one will know that it is the same show'. Please have better faith in people than to re-hash the very same show.

I realize that the writers, after eight and one-half seasons are grasping for anything that is a different mystery for the show but at least you can change up some of the action in a episode. Maybe use one of two features from a earlier show- but please not the very same plot and action.

Perhaps it was good that season 9 was the last for the series. More robbing old episodes is not the way to bring new viewers, or return old viewers, to a series. Very disappointing.