The Case of the Restless Redhead

Episode aired Sep 21, 1957
TV-PG
52m

IMDb RATING

8.0/10

805

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Raymond Burr, Ray Collins, and William Talman in Perry Mason (1957)

Crime Drama Mystery

Perry's client is menaced by a car driven by a hooded man, whom she shoots at with a gun that was planted in her room. When the guy winds up dead from a bullet, Perry confuses matters by fir... Read allPerry's client is menaced by a car driven by a hooded man, whom she shoots at with a gun that was planted in her room. When the guy winds up dead from a bullet, Perry confuses matters by firing an identical gun later at the scene.Perry's client is menaced by a car driven by a hooded man, whom she shoots at with a gun that was planted in her room. When the guy winds up dead from a bullet, Perry confuses matters by firing an identical gun later at the scene.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

805

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The early episodes of the TV series were very much like the radio series and the movies from the 1930s in that conversations are more dramatic, Perry is generally tougher on his clients, and he walks a fine line on legal ethics and the law (such as firing a gun identical to his client's at the murder scene in order to confuse matters). Beginning with the third or fourth season the series had a mellower tone and Perry took fewer liberties with ethics and the law.

Goofs
The exterior scenes outside Evelyn Bagby's apartment took place at night, but were obviously shot in the daytime. This is the first of many clumsy examples of day-for-night shooting that would occur during the series.

Quotes
Lt. Tragg: What were you doing on Sunset Canyon Road in the middle of the night?
Perry Mason: What was homicide doing... same place?
Lt. Tragg: Well, we have an unnatural interest in murder.

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10/10

A great start

Loved it. I remember watching these as a kid . Always a family thing. The first episode, I told my wife. They had no idea of firearms safety. Smell the barrel, look down the barrel. Point them at people , wave them around..😅😅 unreal. Classic tv at its best.