The Case of the Wandering Widow

A man convicted of a murder spends seven year in prison. A man who was in the Navy at the time comes in and corroborates testimony from the past, getting him released. This leads to problems for a family that benefited from his incarceration. In the mix is a young boy. It's a well scripted episode with some real surprises.

It was amusing to see the same brat Gilbert who was always getting Beaver in trouble on Leave It To Beaver, on a differt show. He is still being an annoying brat when he takes a shot at Paul Drake at the end of this episode.

Another amusing moment occurred that reminded me of another old TV show. When Lieutenant Tragg is on the stand he is presented with a "mulage" of shoe prints which are key to the case. I could not help but be reminded of the Andy Griffith Show when the farmer was having a plague of cow thefts from his farm. When the state man comes to help the investigation he asks Barney if a mulage had been made. Barney replied "No we decided to keep it quiet and not make a big mulage out of it.