The Case of the Rolling Bones

Episode aired Jun 28, 1958
TV-PG
52m

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

406

YOUR RATING

Raymond Burr and William Hopper in Perry Mason (1957)

Crime Drama Mystery

Daniel Reed is forcibly placed in a mental sanitarium as incompetent. Mason takes the case to court and wins Reed's freedom on a writ of habeas corpus. Before the writ can be served, however... Read allDaniel Reed is forcibly placed in a mental sanitarium as incompetent. Mason takes the case to court and wins Reed's freedom on a writ of habeas corpus. Before the writ can be served, however, Reed escapes and is charged with murder.Daniel Reed is forcibly placed in a mental sanitarium as incompetent. Mason takes the case to court and wins Reed's freedom on a writ of habeas corpus. Before the writ can be served, however, Reed escapes and is charged with murder.

Director
- Roger Kay
Writers
- Erle Stanley Gardner
- Gene Wang
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.3/10

406

YOUR RATING

Director
- Roger Kay
Writers
- Erle Stanley Gardner
- Gene Wang
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
A sliding glass door to Perry Mason's office balcony has been added. Although the balcony has always existed, there was no access to it from Perry's office previously.

Goofs
As Perry and Paul fly to Reno, the plane in the air is a 2-engine, propeller-driven aircraft (perhaps a DC-3 or DC-4). Yet, the plane that is landing in Reno is a 4-engine prop aircraft. A DC-4 is a four engine plane.

The airplane is no doubt a DC-3. In fact that is a stock shot. It is used several times over the series.

Quotes
[last lines]
Perry Mason: [about Hamilton Burger] How did he like the performance?
Lt. Tragg: [sarcastically] Loved it. But just make sure that you don't invite him the next time that you're doing a benefit.

User reviews8

Featured review

9/10

Enjoyable End to First Season

While these episodes focus on jurisprudence for the most part, they also have a sense of humor. Burger is deadly serious but Tragg is more of a big picture guy. Here a man is put in an asylum on the word of a couple of sleazy relatives who stand to gain from getting rid of him. But his history eventually comes into play after he escapes from the facility. I really enjoyed this one and I'm sure that there are many more to come.