Appropriately entitled The Case Of The Final Fadeout, the Perry Mason show came to an end fortunately just left Perry Mason, Della Street, and Paul Drake just looking forward to yet another case that was never to be broadcast. That fadeout ending allowed the writers considerable freedom when Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale revived their characters in about 20 years for a class series of made for TV feature length films.
There's a twist on the Perry Mason paradigm, eager young star James Stacy is murdered on the set of his television series. Stacy was the last of several victims who really do get what they deserve on the show, though by no means were all of the victims so hateful. His producer Denver Pyle is arrested and Perry gets a dismissal when one of William Talman's witnesses is caught in a lie on the stand. Talman is steaming when he leaves the courtroom, but later on Pyle is found murdered in the editing room of his studio.
Old time eccentric actress Estelle Winwood is the new suspect and Burr might clear her if Winwood would stop being the diva. Of course he does would you suspect he would do otherwise?
Not the best episode, but a good one to go out on.
There's a twist on the Perry Mason paradigm, eager young star James Stacy is murdered on the set of his television series. Stacy was the last of several victims who really do get what they deserve on the show, though by no means were all of the victims so hateful. His producer Denver Pyle is arrested and Perry gets a dismissal when one of William Talman's witnesses is caught in a lie on the stand. Talman is steaming when he leaves the courtroom, but later on Pyle is found murdered in the editing room of his studio.
Old time eccentric actress Estelle Winwood is the new suspect and Burr might clear her if Winwood would stop being the diva. Of course he does would you suspect he would do otherwise?
Not the best episode, but a good one to go out on.