Episode
Perry Mason: The Case of the Waylaid Wolf
Overview
Womanizing playboy Loring Lamont has his sights set on Arlene Ferris, his father's shapely secretary. He lures her to his beachfront bachelor pad with seduction on his mind. Arlene slaps the rotter and flees taking Loring's car back into town. Things then go from awful to good grief for poor Arlene. After her departure someone stabs Loring to death and she's suspect number one.
Details
- Series
- Perry Mason
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1961-02-04
- Runtime
- 52 min
Episode context
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf is Episode 16 in Season 4 of Perry Mason. It aired on 1961-02-04. The runtime is 52 min.
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Episode 15: The Case of the Fickle Fortune
Ralph Duncan is a civil servant whose job is to inventory the estates of wealthy decedants. One day, he returns home with $153,000.00 worth of old greenbacks he discovered while going through a recently deceased old woman's home. Duncan took the money on a lark and was planning to return it the next day but his shifty cousin decides to purloin the bundle. Duncan is then accused of theft and later murder.
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