Especially when that crosser is Bette Davis, subbing here for Perry Mason for a presumed pilot that didn't pass go. She does, however, pass muster, defending young hothead Michael Parks, a supposed acquaintance of her late husband's, and accused of the murder of an old associate of the deceased spouse. Raymond Burr makes two quick cameo appearances in his pajamas, apparently from his real life bed, acquardly inserted in the last quarter of the episode. Among the guests are Les Tremain as the blackmailed boss of the murdered man, Frances Reid as a very bitter spinster secretary (a far cry from her long-term role as matriarch Alice Horton on "Days of our Lives") and Peggy Ann Garner as an unfaithful wife. The real culprit came as a complete surprise and had me laughing in hysterics with the way it was revealed. Davis of course commands the entire episode but Parks is equally as intense.
Review of The Case of Constant Doyle
