Perry Mason

The Case of the Runaway Corpse

E10    Nov 23, 1957    52m    TV-PG
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Ed Davenport learns that a sandwich he requested to be tested by a lab contains arsenic and blames his wife Myrna. When he confronts her about his suspicions she denies it. He leaves for a business trip and falls ill. Dr. Renault is called to treat him at a motel where Ed Davenport later dies. Before he dies he claims his wife poisoned some candy. After locking the motel room the doctor calls the police. The police arrive to find the corpse missing. The police test the candy and indeed find arsenic. Subsequently Ed Davenport's body is found in a shallow grave. Myrna Davenport is accused of the murder.
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Cast of The Case of the Runaway Corpse
  • Raymond BurrPerry Mason
  • Barbara HaleDella Street
  • William HopperPaul Drake
  • William TalmanHamilton Burger
  • Ray CollinsLieutenant Tragg
  • Adam WilliamsJason Beckmeyer
  • Rebecca WellesRita Norge
  • John StephensonEd Davenport
  • Michael FoxDr. Hoxie
  • Edwin JeromeJudge

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