Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host

TV Movie
19931993
1h 36m

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6.9/10

414

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993)

Crime Drama Mystery

Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arra... Read allDr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enr... Read allDr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enrages the rest of the talk show hosts on the station by informing them of changes that he i... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

414

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Director
- Christian I. Nyby II
Writers
- Joyce Burditt(teleplay)
- Dean Hargrove(story)
- Joel Steiger(story)
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Trivia
Raymond Burr died shortly after this movie was aired, and a poignant tribute to his body of work was aired on NBC, hosted by a grieving Barbara Hale and supportive Bill Cosby.

Goofs
The pharmacy delivery man states that the car leaving the scene of the crime was green. However, when we see the car earlier as it almost backs into him, and later when he is shown a photo of the defendant's car, both are explicitly blue, but no one points this out.

Connections
Followed by Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993)

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Featured review

7/10

I liked it

I've been a Perry Mason fan since the original B&W TV series in the '60s. That being said, I enjoyed the re-introduction of the Burr character with the series of made for TV Mason movies of which, sadly, this was among the last.

As has already been mentioned by others, the formula was getting a little old. In this show, as in several others, there were so many characters introduced in the opening several minutes to whom the victim was so rude and mean that killing them was an obvious solution, that it reached ridiculous levels. What was even more ridiculous was Lt Brock immediately seizing upon the fact that the good doctor was the only viable suspect. Yeah, I know that other evidence was presented which supported the theory that the doc did the killing but even dedicated cops are supposed to fully investigate all aspects of active cases. Sorry, but he was too quick to jump on the obvious evidence and too aggressive at ignoring and discounting alternative theories. This was evident not only in this episode but several others around the same time, as well. This made Brock not only annoying but irresponsible as well. In the Perry Mason universe - He likely would never actually investigate a case which ever got successfully prosecuted due to his incompetence!

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