The Case of the Bountiful Beauty

Episode aired Feb 6, 1964
52m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

321

YOUR RATING

Zeme North and Ryan O'Neal in Perry Mason (1957)

Crime Drama Mystery

Deborah Dearborn unwittingly wrote a very successful book that is based on true stories her boyfriend told her about his step-mother, Stephanie Carew. Stephanie tries to force a big payment ... Read allDeborah Dearborn unwittingly wrote a very successful book that is based on true stories her boyfriend told her about his step-mother, Stephanie Carew. Stephanie tries to force a big payment from Deborah and turns up murdered.Deborah Dearborn unwittingly wrote a very successful book that is based on true stories her boyfriend told her about his step-mother, Stephanie Carew. Stephanie tries to force a big payment from Deborah and turns up murdered.

Director
- Irving J. Moore
Writers
- Erle Stanley Gardner
- Robb White
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

321

YOUR RATING

Director
- Irving J. Moore
Writers
- Erle Stanley Gardner
- Robb White
Stars

9User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Ryan O'Neal's only appearance in the series. His brother, Kevin, was Perry's client in The Case of the Twice-Told Twist (1966).

Goofs
Deborah Dearborn to Stephanie Carew: "But wouldn't you have to prove that those certain things in the book are true?"

Stephanie: "Then you admit they are!"

This is not how libel (or slander) works. It's backwards. To win a libel case you must prove that the statements are *false* and made with malice, and hold you up to ridicule etc. as summarized by Perry Mason at the beginning of the show. Truth of the statements is a defense to a libel suit.

Quotes
Gideon Long: And then, of course, there was a crisis in the kitchen, and someone spilled some claret over my favorite polar bear.

User reviews9

Featured review

8/10

One Of The Perrry Mason Series Best Examples of Camp

The Hollywood characters are exaggerated stereotypes especially Dearborn's agent. I have watched this episode a number of times and it gets funnier each time Gideon Long's office looks like a Paris hotel room from the 1930s. His lawyer on the other end of the squawk box reminds me of the guy in Charlie's Angels. The neighbor who testifies takes the whole camp thing to another level.

The Dearborn and Carew (Ryan O'Neal) characters get lost in this whole thing which is definitely dominated by exaggerated Hollywood types. Mason and Burger play the straight characters in this entertaining piece of camp.. The hats that some of women wore were right out of era long gone and just so Hollywood. The Rubin Carson character; i.e., Dearborn's agent, was the star of this episode for his over the top exaggeration of a Hollywood Agent. A young Ryan O'Neal most assuredly appealed to the teenage set

In summary, The Perry Mason series did a number of Hollywood related episodes and this was one of the more entertaining Won't have you rolling in the aisle as they say but will definitely create more than a few chuckles.