The Case of the Missing Melody (30 Sep. 1961)

On her wedding day, Polly Courtland runs out of the church leaving Eddie King standing at the altar. Her father Templeton Courtland was opposed to the marriage thinking her daughter could ... See full summary »

Director:

Bernard L. Kowalski

Writers:

Erle Stanley Gardner (characters created by), Jonathan Latimer

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	...	Hamilton Burger
Ray Collins	...	Lt. Arthur Tragg
Constance Towers	...	Jonny Baker
James Drury	...	Eddy King
Bobby Troup	...	Bongo White
Jo Morrow	...	Polly Courtland
Karl Held	...	David Gideon
Andrea King	...	Enid Markham
Walter Burke	...	Jack Grabba
Grant Richards	...	George Sherwin
Lorrie Richards	...	Midge Courtland
Crahan Denton	...	Templeton Courtland

Storyline

On her wedding day, Polly Courtland runs out of the church leaving Eddie King standing at the altar. Her father Templeton Courtland was opposed to the marriage thinking her daughter could do much better that marrying King, a popular and successful musician. In fact, Polly was protecting her sister Midge from George Sherwin, a blackmailer who had photos of the underage Midge checking into a hotel and gambling in Los Vegas with one of Eddie King's musician's, Bongo White. Eddie asks Perry Mason to look into what has happened and why but when Sherwin is killed, Eddie is charged with murder and Perry defends him.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 September 1961 (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 (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Jazz and society

The world of jazz and society barely mix and they have a rough go in this Perry Mason episode. Jo Morrow leaves James Drury at the altar with a lot of questions and Drury who is a jazz pianist turns to Perry Mason for answers.

Composer Grant Richards who has a nice sideline in blackmail and who has designs on Morrow in the best Snidely Whiplash tradition, is doing his thing with Morrow because he has incriminating pictures involving her underage sister. When Richards turns up dead, Drury is suspected.

Good thing Perry Mason and the team were on the job which included young Karl Held who was a law student who Raymond Burr had defended in an earlier episode. Held was added on to the show for a while to attract younger viewers, but he was kind of like a fifth wheel and didn't last long.

One really nice treat was Constance Towers who came to films after musicals had run their course gets to sing a couple of nice standards like The Man I Love and The Thrill Is Gone. That's reason enough to watch this Mason episode.