Buy the premise and we buy the program but, in this case, it is extremely difficult to accept certain guest actresses in the roles no matter how famous they were; a voodoo themed night-club act? Karen Steele was a fine actress and was certainly proficient in her role as the victim chanteuse. One major clue to this story was revealed from Paul Drake to Perry Mason where Carina Wileen was kept and kept well in her lifestyle with the penthouse and wardrobe. Only a certain income level is able to fund this on the side, whether it be personal or business. This should have been the alarm for all eyes to look toward the top level of the organization and then proceed to investigate the company.
Some roles played were just over the top and could have been tempered or omitted; rewrite the part of the nurse overacting and the night club act out of sync with the remaining stage members. I beg to differ with the scenes with close-ups of Hamilton; sorry but too much to bear. Find some other role for Fay Wray to portray in another episode, please. If Fay was any kind of actress she could pull off about anything but a voodoo act!
The plot had holes able to accept a bus. The connection to the hospital visit, the over-acting nurse and the concealed dagger were too contrived, ridiculous and unwanted.
The program Perry Mason is a classic television series and kudos to the regular cast of four but some of the episodes in the decade plus run were lame and only the regulars with a few guests could pull off the weak stories.
I could look at Karen Steele all day long and never waiver but the others, pass.
Some roles played were just over the top and could have been tempered or omitted; rewrite the part of the nurse overacting and the night club act out of sync with the remaining stage members. I beg to differ with the scenes with close-ups of Hamilton; sorry but too much to bear. Find some other role for Fay Wray to portray in another episode, please. If Fay was any kind of actress she could pull off about anything but a voodoo act!
The plot had holes able to accept a bus. The connection to the hospital visit, the over-acting nurse and the concealed dagger were too contrived, ridiculous and unwanted.
The program Perry Mason is a classic television series and kudos to the regular cast of four but some of the episodes in the decade plus run were lame and only the regulars with a few guests could pull off the weak stories.
I could look at Karen Steele all day long and never waiver but the others, pass.