In the epilogue, Paul is standing to the right of Perry, Commander Burke and Della. In the close-up of Paul, there are people walking on the sidewalk behind him, but the sidewalk is empty during the shots of the other three.
The U.S. flag on the wall behind the court-martial panel has forty-eight stars. In 1960, it should have fifty.
When new states are added to the Union, it is not necessary to replace the old flag. So an "obsolete" flag may still be displayed as long as it is still in good condition. The 49-star flag was officially adopted on 04 July 1959 and the 50-star flag was adopted on 04 July 1960, so if the episode was filmed before July, 1959, then the 48-star flag would be correct.
Commander Paige wears hat indoors, against regulations.
During the court-martial scenes, the reporter is typing much too slowly to keep up with the attorneys' questioning and witnesses' testimony.
A court reporting machine is not an ordinary typewriter. It has only 22 keys and uses a shorthand called "stenography." It does not spell words but transcribes syllables. It requires quite a bit of training to use, but after that training, the user can record conversation with many fewer keypresses.
A court reporting machine is not an ordinary typewriter. It has only 22 keys and uses a shorthand called "stenography." It does not spell words but transcribes syllables. It requires quite a bit of training to use, but after that training, the user can record conversation with many fewer keypresses.
When Perry Mason arrives at the Aloha Cafe, he is shown from the inside through a glass window. From that viewpoint, the name of the cafe should be a reverse mirror image. It's actually printed backwards.
The courtroom has two white circular light fixtures hanging from the ceiling, one above the judges' bench and the other between the prosecution and defense tables. Neither light is on at any point during the trial, yet there is more light in the courtroom than would come only through the windows.
A U.S. flag with 48 stars is on a wall in which a naval court-martial is being held. At the time this episode was made and broadcast, the U.S. flag had 49 stars--Alaska and Hawaii had recently been admitted as states, but Hawaii was admitted later, and its star wasn't added to the flag till July 4, 1960, several weeks after the episode was broadcast.
During the court-martial, Mason goes to considerable lengths to trick a witness into admitting he has severely impaired vision. Mason could have established that fact more easily by questioning a long-time business associate of the witness, someone who would certainly have known if his vision were impaired.