Episode
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant
Overview
Major Frank Lessing, a payroll officer on an Army base, is found murdered and Sgt. Joseph Dexter is charged with the crime. The case hinges on a payroll robbery committed in the Phillippines years before. It seems as though some of the bills from that robbery were turning up on the base.
Details
- Series
- Perry Mason
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1958-10-11
- Runtime
- 52 min
Episode context
The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant is Episode 4 in Season 2 of Perry Mason. It aired on 1958-10-11. The runtime is 52 min.
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Rhoda Reynolds is charged with murdering her blackmailing ex-husband, Arthur Kane. At the trial, Perry moves the proceedings to the room in which Kane was murdered in order to re-enact the fatal night.
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