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The Case of the Fanciful Frail: Directed by Jesse Hibbs. With Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman. Ethel Andrews thinks she is about to be married but finds herself accused of stealing $50,000 from her company.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Jesse Hibbs
- 1966-03-27
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Ethel Andrews is employed by an Investment Company and planning to get married; however husband to be Bruce Strickland doesn't show up and $50,000 [in securites] is missing [she authorized the loan]; in a Parrell story Peggy Sutton receives a warning a hired killer is on her trial. By accident both women are almost involved in a car accident; Andre...
•The question is How did Strickland know where to search Andrews motel Room when he thought she was dead.? The answear is at the summary of the episode at
•Andrerws had authorized the securities investment because she naively believed Strickland story that he would invest the money so they could get married and the amount would be returned to accounts; the US Treasury would replace the burned money and the company would lose nothing; in regard to Andrews even if shes kept with the company..she would probably not be allowed to authorize any more transfers!
Submitted with false humility by BobH, 5 October 2021. At the beginning of the episode, Allan Winford and his co-worker Dick Yates display remarkable composure as Jason Rohan's two "warning" shotgun blasts come perilously close to their heads and hit the trailer immediately behind them.
The paths of two young women cross fatefully as Ethel Andrews is left "standing at the altar" of a secret wedding when she receives a phone call from her boss asking why she signed for the transfer of $50,000 worth of securities.
Things keep going from awful to good grief for poor Ethel Andrews. First she's left at the altar by her fiancé, Bruce Strickland, who also let's her take the blame for a $50,000 securities theft since her signature was on the transfer authorization. Ethel decides to leave town but nearly has an accident with a car driven by Peggy Sutton. Peggy, it seems, is on the run from a hired killer ...
The Case of the Fanciful Frail. Two women switch identities: one to recover the $50,000 she is suspected of stealing and the other to elude a paid assassin. Stream Perry Mason free and on-demand with Pluto TV. Season 9, Episode 24. Stream now.
