During a Perry Mason rerun, a man followed his cheating wife to a cabin. Once she left, the man entered the cabin and shot another man who was inside. Once the shooter returned home, he laid his revolver by the telephone. The revolver was either a M34 or a pre M34, 4" blue round butt with diamond Magnas. It had a flat latch cylinder release. The date of the episode was from 1958.
Kit gun on Perry Mason rerun
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It was Col Mustard, in the cabin, with the M34.
A mighty fine job of sleuthing, John.
Neat stuff.
Neat stuff.
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Later on, during the trial, it was mentioned that the shooter used a .22.
I've been watching the old Perry Mason series at night for several years - grtting to the point that I have seen most of them - You will see a lot of Chiefs Special models on the show and an occasional Colt 1903 hammerless.
And how many times the killer used a 32 caliber revolver......
S&W or Colt.
S&W or Colt.
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Don't recognize the fetching lady.
My first guess was Joan O'Brien. The two movies I know her best from is Operation Petticoat & Comancheros.
Still not sure....
I think you're right...She was in two episodes, 1963 and 1966 as different characters...She's now 87 and retired from acting since the mid-sixties...
...Ben
Looked it up on IMDB, it is Joan O'brien, in the episode The Case of the Singing Skirt. It aired Mar 12, 1960.
I don't know but those 1911s look like prop guns to me based on how much the barrels extend from the slide/bushing. One 45 and one 22, maybe a modified Service ACE. Joan O'Brien is a babe!
With a 4" barrel and round butt it has to be a Mod 34.
Ol' Perry is shown with Joanie O'Brian, a beautiful gal who had a great voice. She used to sing with the Bob Crosby band as a teenager on his TV show. When her TV and movie acting career ended she went on to sing with the Harry James band. This picture is from the movie "Operation Petticoat" when she starred with Cary Grant. She also had a role in John Wayne's "The Alamo" as Mrs. Dickinson.
I don't know if she is still alive - she would be 87 this year.
John
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I've been streaming the series too on Amazon. I forgot how great that show is all around. The plots are good, there are a lot of gun topics in it, and the cars are great too. Interesting that Perry is always driving a convertible in the first season (1957-1958), switching between a Caddy and a Ford Sunliner (hardtop convertible).
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In thaty episode, those are supposed to be Colt 38 Supers and they are mentioned prominantly in the dialogue.
Jim Watson
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I think the automatic on the right looks like a .22 because it has an orifice bushing as part of a blank conversion.
Stuff like that makes my wife cringe when we watch movies with aircraft and or guns.
If it's Perry Mason, safe bet, it's a rerun.
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I love me some Perry Mason. We built a new house and moved so I started streaming. It's much cheaper but I don't get "MeTv" so I don't get PM any more. Oh Ive seen'em all but I still would watch anyway. Loved the cars. Paul was driving an early Corvette roadster in one. Lots of guns, lots of recognizable actors before they were household names. I always liked Lt Tragg and Hamilton Burger. And I must say Della was easy on the eyes. Her real life husband was in a few episodes (William Katt or Bill Williams)? A couple were hard to watch like where Burr played two different characters in the same episode. And then there was the "1" color episode. OK now I gotta find a way to see this show again!
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I remember this show in its first run during the last 4 or 5 seasons. For a few years in the early 70's one of the local TV stations ran it at dinner time and again after the 11:00 pm news. I liked how Mason got a new Ford convertible every season and Drake got the new T-Bird.
The property department must have hit a lot of gun stores around LA to get all that neat stuff. I remember I episode where exhibit A was a model 39. In another episode a trick shooting clown at a circus had what looked like a long barreled N frame.
No freeze frame in those days so it was easy to miss a lot of small details.
I did enjoy the show and would love to see it again. I may pick up the fill dvd collection with all of the episodes from 1957 -1966. I love old cars as much as old S&Ws and Colts. The show is a great Time capsule and full of eye candy. And with the benefit of freeze frame I will now know for sure whether Lt Tragg carried a Detective Special or 2" M&P.
The property department must have hit a lot of gun stores around LA to get all that neat stuff. I remember I episode where exhibit A was a model 39. In another episode a trick shooting clown at a circus had what looked like a long barreled N frame.
No freeze frame in those days so it was easy to miss a lot of small details.
I did enjoy the show and would love to see it again. I may pick up the fill dvd collection with all of the episodes from 1957 -1966. I love old cars as much as old S&Ws and Colts. The show is a great Time capsule and full of eye candy. And with the benefit of freeze frame I will now know for sure whether Lt Tragg carried a Detective Special or 2" M&P.
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Ms. O'Brien is, indeed, still with us:
Glad to hear that. I hardly missed a Bob Crosby show when she was the featured singer on his show back when she was a teenager. I was totally enamored of her - she was just 3 years older than I was. I will always know her as "Joanie" rather than Joan. Fond memories of a very special gal.
John
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My wife and I both enjoy watching the new Perry Mason. I wasn't a big fan of the original preferring "The Untouchables" or "Peter Gunn". My wife had a huge crush on the original Mason and had his picture on the wall. She remarked the other night "Wow, if they had only known Della was a lesbian back in the 60's."
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