****SPOILERS**** Perry Mason, Raymond Burr, has his hands full here with his client Carol Delaney, Rebecca Wells, charged in the murder of her, what's thought to be, grandfather Charles Burroughs, Carl Benton Reid, who left her , if she can prove to be his grand-daughter, his entire 5 million dollar estate! As it turned out the person behind this sham is the mysterious Australian Bishop Arthur Mallory, Vaughn Taylor, who for some unknown reason in very very interested in getting grand-daughter and grandfather together with no reward, as anyone can see, on his part.
As it soon turns out private investigator and full time hood Wallace Lang, Ken Lynch, has a keen interest in keeping the truth about Carol's blood relationship with old man Burroughs hidden in him going so far as to have him worked over by one of his goons, Big Leo, to keep him from talking! There's also the strange connection that Lynch has with Burroughs' private secretary and house keeper as well as daughter or is it grand-daughter Janice, Joan Vohs, who some eight years ago pops up at his mansion claiming to be his next of kin! Thus being in line to get his millions whenever he passes from the scene.
***SPOILERS*** The fact that Burroughs was murdered as soon as his so-called grand-daughter Carol showed up on the scene makes her a prime suspect in his murder in order to keep his entire estate from falling into Janice's hands. But there's another ingredient in this confusing murder case Burroughs weirdo & wimpy nephew Philip, Jonathan Kidd, who knows the truth behind the secret relationship between Carol and Lynch that can blow their get rich quick plans right out of the water! As for Bishop Mallory he hasn't long for this world anyway in sticking his nose where it doesn't belong and is himself murdered or killed off, in that he was starting to bore as well as lose the TV audience, before this Perry Mason episode is halfway over. Perry as usual sees through the killers plans as soon as he tries to use him as an alibi in Burroughs' murder and concentrates on his whereabouts at the time of his death. Something that Burrough's killer felt that he by using Perry as an alibi would have him get away Scot-free with Burrough's murder!
As it soon turns out private investigator and full time hood Wallace Lang, Ken Lynch, has a keen interest in keeping the truth about Carol's blood relationship with old man Burroughs hidden in him going so far as to have him worked over by one of his goons, Big Leo, to keep him from talking! There's also the strange connection that Lynch has with Burroughs' private secretary and house keeper as well as daughter or is it grand-daughter Janice, Joan Vohs, who some eight years ago pops up at his mansion claiming to be his next of kin! Thus being in line to get his millions whenever he passes from the scene.
***SPOILERS*** The fact that Burroughs was murdered as soon as his so-called grand-daughter Carol showed up on the scene makes her a prime suspect in his murder in order to keep his entire estate from falling into Janice's hands. But there's another ingredient in this confusing murder case Burroughs weirdo & wimpy nephew Philip, Jonathan Kidd, who knows the truth behind the secret relationship between Carol and Lynch that can blow their get rich quick plans right out of the water! As for Bishop Mallory he hasn't long for this world anyway in sticking his nose where it doesn't belong and is himself murdered or killed off, in that he was starting to bore as well as lose the TV audience, before this Perry Mason episode is halfway over. Perry as usual sees through the killers plans as soon as he tries to use him as an alibi in Burroughs' murder and concentrates on his whereabouts at the time of his death. Something that Burrough's killer felt that he by using Perry as an alibi would have him get away Scot-free with Burrough's murder!