TCOT Podcast Episode 037 - Drifting Dropout

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 037 - Drifting Dropout

Season 7 - Episode 28

Originally aired - May 7, 1964

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is episode 28 from season 7 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. We will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: Don Haggerty

Police Chief



DA: Blair Davies - 4 eps of PM

Prosecutor



Guest Stars:

Cynthia Pepper SA - only PM/21 roles from 1952 - 2005 including 9 episodes of My Three Sons/Julia/Margie/Kissing Cousins w/Elvis Presley/The Flying Nun/

Annalee Fisher


Carl Reindel - 2 eps of PM/47 roles from 1959-1981 including Buck Rogers/2 eps of Ironside/Bonanza/Gidget/Gunsmoke

Barry Davis


Ted de Corsia - 3 eps of PM/Get Smart/I Dream of Jeannie/Green Acres

Mort Lynch (as Ted deCorsia)


Neil Hamilton - 7 eps of PM/183 roles from 1918 - 1971 including Commissioner Gordon - Batman/Mr. Ed/Outer Limits

Grove Dillingham


Natalie Norwick - 2 eps of PM/44 roles from 1950 - 1976 including ST/Dark Shadows/Have Gun Will Travel/Ryan’s Hope

Miss Standish


Vaughn Taylor - was in everything!

Janet Leigh’s boss in Psycho

8 eps of PM/Twilight Zone/Dennis the Menace

Sanford Harper


Malcolm Atterbury - 5 eps of PM Dennis Briggs WW/164 roles from 1954 - 1976 including Dragnet/Wagon Train/My 3 Sons /Cow Thief Mayberry/Twilight Zone/Bonanza/Towering Inferno/Little House on the Prairie

Dell Harper



Harry Holcombe

Judge


House Peters Jr.

Plainclothesman


Alex Montoya

Neighbor


Seamon Glass

Officer


Don Anderson

Uniformed Poilice Officer (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

Dee Spills the Tea:
In the 20s and 30s Neil Hamilton was a popular actor and appeared in many movies.
"A"-level work in Hollywood dried up for Hamilton by the 1940s, and he was reduced to working in serials, "B" films, and other low-budget projects.
In a 1970s book interview Hamilton said he had been banned from A level work for insulting a studio executive. From 1942 to early 1944 he could not obtain film employment and was down on his luck financially.
By the mid-1940s, his personal and professional life were at such a low point that he was seriously considering committing suicide. His plan was to jump from the mountains above Santa Monica, but on his walk he met a priest and told him the whole story. The priest encouraged him to make a novena, (a tradition of praying for nine days) instead. At the end of the nine days of prayer, he was offered an acting job from Universal Studios and never looked back.

Next Week’s Episode: From Season 8 Episode 22 - The Case of the Sad Sicillian