Guest Stars

John van Dreelen As Gideon Long Recurring	John Zaremba As Medical Examiner Recurring
Sydney Smith As Judge Recurring	George Cisar As Neighbor Recurring
Fifi D'Orsay As Mrs. Davis Recurring	Lonnie Blackman As Miriam Worth (as Lonie Blackman) Recurring
Fern Barry As Maid Recurring	Sandra Warner As Stephanie Carew
Ryan O'Neal As John Carew	Zeme North As Deborah Dearborn
Douglas Fowley As Rubin Cason	Maxwell Reed As Chet Worth
Jean Carson As Mrs Mitchell	Barbara Wilkin As Switchboard Operator

Main Cast

Raymond Burr As Perry Mason	Barbara Hale As Della Street
William Hopper As Paul Drake	William Talman As Hamilton Burger
Wesley Lau As Lt. Andy Anderson

Recap

Opens in Perry’s office where he holds up a book THE WIDOW “sensational novel by 20 year old Deborah Dearborn." A woman calling herself a Mrs. “Seward” inquires about suing her, but Perry says proving libel is difficult: did the author know what she what she was writing was libelous and did she know her? No. Perry says libel suits are not his specialty and Mrs. “Seward" leaves, saying bye to Della at the door. Perry asks Della why she was making faces during the conversation. Della says they were contacted by someone, that a girl named Dearborn called for an appointment, but never called back. Perry recognizes that this is the author’s name. Della says the woman who just left is Stephanie Carew, she's sure of it, remember the Frederick Carew scandal? Perry does, and remembers he was murdered by his young bride, but was acquitted, the judge telling the jury "You have signally failed in your duty." Della warns if she based a book on that woman… Perry finishes, looking at the book “Then she’s the one who’s going to need our help, and lots of it.”..

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• Creator	Erle Stanley Gardner
• Executive Producer	Gail Patrick
• Producer	Arthur Marks  |  Art Seid
• Associate Producer	Jackson Gillis
• Casting	Harvey Clermont
• Hairstylist	Annabell
• Make-up	Irving Pringle
• Set Decorator	Carl Biddiscombe
• Production Sound Mixer	Herman Lewis
• Script Supervisor	Marshall Schlom
• Director of Photography	Howard Schwartz
• Art Director	Lewis H. Creber
• Main Title Theme	Fred Steiner
• Film Editor	Al Clark
• Assistant Director	Gordon A. Webb
• Story Consultant	Samuel Newman
• Wardrobe Supervisor	Evelyn Carruth  |  Edward McDermott (2)
• Prop Master	Ray Thompson (3)