This Perry Mason episode had a lot of threads, which got tangled as far as I was concerned. At the heart of it was a dispute about a land survey done 20 years prior. Was it a meander line or a boundary line? Where did the river run at the time of the survey compared to where it was at the time of the episode? Can Judy prove her ownership of the land the developer wants to buy for a small fortune?
We had tonight's murder, the discovery of an old murder, land that was worthless that became valuable because of lime deposits. And we had Paul Drake in swimming trunks. We're just sitting there, watching the story unfold and suddenly Paul and a character of a similar age jump in a lap pool and race each other. What was that about? If I'd known it was coming, I'd have had my camera ready. I'll have to catch this on the next run-through.
Defendant-to-be making a date with her stepfather/victim-to-be: Eight o’clock by the rock at the bend in the river.
Judy agrees to leave $10,000 in this fashion for her stepfather to collect. When he removes the brown paper from the box she left on the rock at the bend, it turns out to be a homemade bomb.
PM to the sheriff: Our chief witness in the trial opening tomorrow happens to be your murder victim.
Della Street appeared to be confused about the direction the show was taking, too.
DS: Perry, are we here on an ejectment trial or a murder trial?
Judge: My court has been flagrantly used in an attempt to subvert justice.
PM to his client: Agreeing to give your stepfather money was not only clumsy, it was unnecessary and stupid. ... If this crazy world of ours isn’t to become unglued, we all have to face our need for one another. Don’t turn away from help, Judy. Right now you need it very badly.
PM on cross-examination: Who else has access to that workshop?
Witness: Anyone. You got in, didn’t you?
We had tonight's murder, the discovery of an old murder, land that was worthless that became valuable because of lime deposits. And we had Paul Drake in swimming trunks. We're just sitting there, watching the story unfold and suddenly Paul and a character of a similar age jump in a lap pool and race each other. What was that about? If I'd known it was coming, I'd have had my camera ready. I'll have to catch this on the next run-through.
Defendant-to-be making a date with her stepfather/victim-to-be: Eight o’clock by the rock at the bend in the river.
Judy agrees to leave $10,000 in this fashion for her stepfather to collect. When he removes the brown paper from the box she left on the rock at the bend, it turns out to be a homemade bomb.
PM to the sheriff: Our chief witness in the trial opening tomorrow happens to be your murder victim.
Della Street appeared to be confused about the direction the show was taking, too.
DS: Perry, are we here on an ejectment trial or a murder trial?
Judge: My court has been flagrantly used in an attempt to subvert justice.
PM to his client: Agreeing to give your stepfather money was not only clumsy, it was unnecessary and stupid. ... If this crazy world of ours isn’t to become unglued, we all have to face our need for one another. Don’t turn away from help, Judy. Right now you need it very badly.
PM on cross-examination: Who else has access to that workshop?
Witness: Anyone. You got in, didn’t you?