Perry Mason und der Tote am Telefon

Originaltitel: Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host

Fernsehfilm
1993
1 Std. 36 Min.

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Perry Mason und der Kuß des Todes (1993)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuDr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arra... Alles lesenDr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enr... Alles lesenDr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enrages the rest of the talk show hosts on the station by informing them of changes that he i... Alles lesen

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Raymond Burr died shortly after this movie was aired, and a poignant tribute to his body of work was aired on NBC, hosted by a grieving Barbara Hale and supportive Bill Cosby.

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The pharmacy delivery man states that the car leaving the scene of the crime was green. However, when we see the car earlier as it almost backs into him, and later when he is shown a photo of the defendant's car, both are explicitly blue, but no one points this out.

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Followed by Perry Mason und der Kuß des Todes (1993)

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When Talk Turns Into Action

Raymond Burr and the team are called in to defend Mariette Hartley, a friend of Barbara Hale's who is a psychologist with call in talk show on a talk radio station run by Regis Philbin. When Philbin is shot to death, Hartley is arrested for his murder.

One big problem with Perry Mason: The Case Of The Telltale Talk Show Host is the casting of Regis Philbin as the victim. Of course as they go in Perry Mason movies there are loads of alternative suspects. Philbin was going to revamp his whole station format and that got all of his stars very upset. Now Regis is a great host of a talk show himself, but as a no good slime bag of a station owner, well let's face it, the man is not an actor.

In this episode we see who murders Philbin, it's a contract killing and Hartley is rather elaborately framed for the crime. The hit-man however can't get to his money right away and as it turns out he's one unstable fellow. I would think you would need better nerves for that line of work. Anyway his instability gives away the individual who hires him. In fact the very elaborateness of the crime should give you some idea of the murderer if you look down the cast list.

Still it's a good entry in the Mason series, but I really would not have cast someone with that big a reputation as a nice guy as the mean victim, especially not someone who couldn't be mean on screen if he tried.