Acknowledged here by others of course is the short and effective presence of Barbara Eden. As I recall the guy in the wheel chair who rips her blouse has the wrong idea. I would have just been happy to have been in the same room with her and look at her. She does a great job reacting to an unwanted advance. I agree though her role is much too short.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the rest of this guest cast has a lot of Western experience on their resumes. Paul Fix, the sheriff and several of the others are definitely good in their roles. The judge is excellent. The thing with this one is the way it lays out the evidence. That is the hallmark of an actual Erle Stanley Gardner novel as they are always very detailed. There are times where this series does pretty well at setting up things like the novels. This episode is one of them.
We have an Mason who pounds witnesses. We have a Judge who is more there than in many trials. The elements are the main reason this episode works very well. It also adds an extra lawyer and an antagonist client to the court room mix. The results, like many of the first season episodes are outstanding.
Della looks very young here as this is a first season episode. She gets the tag line that only clients represented by Mason are innocent. In this case it takes a lot of leg work and some lovely legs too, but yes Mason's client is innocent, even though she hides a pile of information from Mason until after the trial begins. Mason gets to be angry and forceful with his client as well.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the rest of this guest cast has a lot of Western experience on their resumes. Paul Fix, the sheriff and several of the others are definitely good in their roles. The judge is excellent. The thing with this one is the way it lays out the evidence. That is the hallmark of an actual Erle Stanley Gardner novel as they are always very detailed. There are times where this series does pretty well at setting up things like the novels. This episode is one of them.
We have an Mason who pounds witnesses. We have a Judge who is more there than in many trials. The elements are the main reason this episode works very well. It also adds an extra lawyer and an antagonist client to the court room mix. The results, like many of the first season episodes are outstanding.
Della looks very young here as this is a first season episode. She gets the tag line that only clients represented by Mason are innocent. In this case it takes a lot of leg work and some lovely legs too, but yes Mason's client is innocent, even though she hides a pile of information from Mason until after the trial begins. Mason gets to be angry and forceful with his client as well.