S3.E12

The Case of the Frantic Flyer

Name: The Case of the Frantic Flyer
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1960-01-09
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper

Episode aired Jan 9, 1960
TV-PG
52m

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

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Crime Drama Mystery

Howard Walters and his mistress, Janice Atkins, plan to rob Wade Taylor's company, blame Taylor's son, and fake Walters' death. Janice schemes with Roger Porter to double-cross Howard. Plans... Read allHoward Walters and his mistress, Janice Atkins, plan to rob Wade Taylor's company, blame Taylor's son, and fake Walters' death. Janice schemes with Roger Porter to double-cross Howard. Plans go amiss and Taylor's wife is charged with murder.Howard Walters and his mistress, Janice Atkins, plan to rob Wade Taylor's company, blame Taylor's son, and fake Walters' death. Janice schemes with Roger Porter to double-cross Howard. Plans go amiss and Taylor's wife is charged with murder.

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

355

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
In this episode, Paul's black Ford Thunderbird convertible actually "belongs to" and is used by Mrs. Walters. After Perry and Della visit her, she runs to it, parked in her driveway, and drives to the Valley Vista Motel. The license plate on "her" car (PXY 260) confirms that it is actually Paul's car, as seen previously several times. Thus, it is no surprise that viewers never see Paul driving "his own" car; Mrs. Walters has it.

Goofs
Lt. Tragg testifies that Howard Walters spent the winter at the cabin of Zack Davis. How could Tragg know? The only people who knew were Davis, whom Tragg admits he cannot find; Walters, who is deceased; and Janice Atkins, who was not then volunteering any information.

Quotes
Zack Davis: Well, I... That's real tricky. Real complicated and tricky. Uh, I guess murder's like that.
Perry Mason: No, sir. Murder is usually very simple. It's the getting away with it that's real complicated and tricky.

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9/10

Veteran Actor Simon Oakland Is The Victim

This show in the middle of Season 3 is again written by a team of writers who seem to be writing some good shows to supplement the 85 episodes or so that are based directly on Gardnener material during the series.

I mention Simon Oakland here as he is a well known character actor from quite a few TV series. By the time Simon started his acting career, he was already over 40 and by the time of his death in the 1980's he had logged a lot of television work including his boss role for Darren McGavin's "Night Stalker".

In this episode, he is involved with a woman trying to steal over $300,000 dollars. He murders someone with a plane and breaks his leg parachuting to safety. Interestingly, this part of the plot is used later in an episode of Columbo with guest star Johnny Cash.

From here though, it varies as this episode gets a lot done in 52 minutes. Mason has to work pretty hard to find out who has done it in this episode.