The Case of the Runaway Corpse: Perry Mason (TV Episode)

• Genre: Mystery
• Movie Type: Detective Show, Law Show
• Themes: Lawyers
• Director: Christian Nyby
• Release Year: 1957
• Country: US
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

After accusing his wife Myrna (June Dayton) of trying to poison him, Ed Davenport (John Stephenson) dies in a motel room. Worse still, Ed has written a letter, implicating his wife in his death. By the time the police arrive, both corpse and letter have disappeared, but some arsenic-spiked candy is found on the scene--evidence enough to charge Myrna with murder when Ed's body is finally recovered. Faced with what seems to be an open-and-shut case, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) must perform some spectacular legal calisthenics to save Myrna from execution. This episode is based on a 1954 novel by Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide