Ancient Arabian gold dinar seals modern business deal and identifies murderer
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"Perry Mason" was a one-hour television program which ran on the CBS television network from
1957 to 1966.
This episode is titled "The Case of the Unwelcome Well" and was first broadcast on April 3, 1966.
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1. Program title
Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) visits the California desert house of Jason Rohan (Paul Brinegar) to
discuss the sale of the oil rights to the property.
2. Desert house
Jason Rohan (Paul Brinegar) wife Minna Rohan (Gloria Talbott) has sold the oil rights to his property to
Jerome Klee's oil company. Jason is angry but Minna calms him down and serves cookies to Perry,
Jason, and their two sons.
3. Minna serves cookies
Jason first argues with Perry but when Perry explains how much money Klee will pay him he
relents and approves the deal.
4. The unwelcome well
The well produces oil and Jason and family borrow money from a bank and purchase $25,000 worth
of furniture and automobiles.
5. Perry and Della meet Jerome Klee
Perry is to write a contract between Klee's oil company and the (fictional) Arabian country of Jodhpur.
Klee insults Della and orders Perry to accompany him to his office.
6. Mirabel and Monique
The two ladies do not get along and insult each other.
7. The prince examines the contract
Darley offers the prince a $100,000 bribe to accept a lower amount for the oil rights which the prince
refuses and explains:
"In my country, a brother who would betray a brother's trust - his fate would be unpleasant".
8. Sergeant Brice shows Lieutenant Drumm a coin
Sgt. Brice asks "what do you make of this, Lieutenant? Looks like some kind of a foreign coin".
Paul asks "anything to do with the case?" and Lt. Drumm replies "Paul, I'm just a cop not a clairvoyant".
Allan Winford, the oil driller, is arrested for the murder.
9. Prince Bhudeem explains
"A blessing - oil has been a blessing and a salvation to my country. It is transporting us from the
17th century to the 20th with dizzying speed".
10. Hamilton Burger looks over his notes
Some witnesses are called and Perry wants to find out if the prince took the bribe he was offered.
11. Paul Drake makes a long-distance call
Paul telephones the country of Jodhpur and asks to speak to the king and is told that the king is
unavailable. Perry becomes suspicious.
12. Perry questions the prince
The prince denies taking the bribe.
13. Perry shows the coin to Harry
Harry tells that he offered a deal to the prince from another oil company but the prince refused.
He complains "I've been double-crossed by experts, but this Arab tops them all!"
14. The coin
The prop coin used in the program is a fantasy coin copied from two ancient Judean coins minted
during the Roman occupation of Judea (BCE 63 to CE 132).
The prince is called again as a witness and tells the court that he is actually the king and that his
brother the prince is an eleven-year old boy. He tells the court that he came himself to handle the
negotiations as an assistant could be bribed.
15. Remodeling the house
Perry visits Jason Rohan who has received some money from Klee's company after all and is planning
to remodel his house.
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Cast, Directors, Writers:
Wendell Corey as Jerome Klee
Paul Brinegar as Jason Rohan Marilyn Erskine as Mirabel Corum Les Tremayne as Harry Lannon James Best as Allan Winford Gloria Talbott as Minna Rohan Danielle DeMetz as Monique Martin Edmund Hashim as Prince Ben Ali Bhudeem Writers: Erle Stanley Gardner, Ernest Frankel, Orville H. Hampton |
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