Perry Mason (TV Series)

The Case of the Shapely Shadow (1962)

Raymond Burr: Perry Mason

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• Hamilton Burger : Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Mr. Mason has indeed surpassed himself. He has created for you a story which is pure poppycock! Absolute and complete nonsense. The defendant in this case is a shrewd, scheming woman. She seduced her employer, she stole from him, and finally she murdered him. And as for Mr. Mason's ridiculous theory about a hose, this is an *abandoned* real estate office we're talking about. The water's been shut off there for over a year. How could anyone possibly...

  Perry Mason : Your honor, the District Attorney is stating facts not in evidence. Since he lost the opportunity to get these matters in legitimately, in rebuttal, he is now trying to do it through prejudicial misconduct. I ask the court to declare a mistrial.

  Hamilton Burger : A *mistrial*? How can you...

  Judge : Mr. Burger, Mr. Mason's point is well taken...

• Paul Drake : Why is it?... Every time a beautiful girl walks into this office, my normally intelligent friend...

  Perry Mason : Oh, she wasn't so beautiful, Paul. That's what intrigued me.

  Paul Drake : You're worse off than I thought.

• Perry Mason : While a good looking young woman with a figure you've described as distinctive and shapely was crossing the street, you kept your eyes 10 feet ahead of her?

  Cole B. Troy : I looked back-and-forth at both of them. Naturally, I must have.

  Perry Mason : Can you describe the way this young woman walked?

  Cole B. Troy : It was graceful.

  Perry Mason : Yet you took your eyes off this graceful, swaying young woman not once, but many times to look at Morley Theilman?

  Cole B. Troy : No, of course not. I looked mostly at the woman.