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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
"Perry Mason" The Case of the Fanciful Frail (TV Episode 1966) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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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!
For more about this topic, see the Repeated Episodes page. Submitted by daveb, 9/15/2009. ++ This episode of Perry Mason (TCOT Fanciful Frail) and the second season episode TCOT Foot-Loose Doll (#54, 2.15) are both based on the same Erle Stanley Gardner novel titled The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll.
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.
Peggy, it seems, is on the run from a hired killer. Ethel foolishly agrees to swap identities with Peggy but then Peggy perishes in a car accident. Ethel then finds $50,000.00 in the trunk of Peggy's car and makes the mistake of informing Bruce Strickland who turns up murdered.
The Case of the Fanciful Frail Ethel Andrews thinks she is about to be married but finds herself accused of stealing $50,000 from her company. On the run, she changes identities with another woman, who dies in an accident.
