For whatever reason Paul Sorvino did not due another TV film after the one
immediately after the death of Raymond Burr. This Perry Mason story and the
subsequent and final two were done by Hal Holbrook a Mason legal colleague
Wild Bill McKenzie.
McKenzie has reached that enviable point in life where he only works when he feels like it and believes in a client's innocene. Such a belief he has in the innocence of James Stephens who is accused of killing Robin Leach famous in the 90s as the host of the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.
Of course we kind of hope the real Leach was nothing like this guy, a TV talk show host who gets dirt on celebrities and blackmails them. Stephens is an internationally known chessmaster and is tired of paying Leach off. He has an altercation with Leach, but leaves him alive. Nevertheless police lieutenant James McEachin arrests him.
Assisting as they did Raymond Burr are Barbara Hale and William R. Moses. As usual Moses might be a lawyer, but his job ain't in the law library looking up cases. Moses and William Katt before him get into criminal investigation and had a lot more action that William Hopper ever did in the old series.
In the cast as one of the suspects is Dixie Carter also Mrs. Hal Holbrook in real life.
Too bad Holbrook's Wild Bill McKenzie came in on a Perry Mason pass. He might have developed into a regular series character if he was introduced with his own series.
McKenzie has reached that enviable point in life where he only works when he feels like it and believes in a client's innocene. Such a belief he has in the innocence of James Stephens who is accused of killing Robin Leach famous in the 90s as the host of the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.
Of course we kind of hope the real Leach was nothing like this guy, a TV talk show host who gets dirt on celebrities and blackmails them. Stephens is an internationally known chessmaster and is tired of paying Leach off. He has an altercation with Leach, but leaves him alive. Nevertheless police lieutenant James McEachin arrests him.
Assisting as they did Raymond Burr are Barbara Hale and William R. Moses. As usual Moses might be a lawyer, but his job ain't in the law library looking up cases. Moses and William Katt before him get into criminal investigation and had a lot more action that William Hopper ever did in the old series.
In the cast as one of the suspects is Dixie Carter also Mrs. Hal Holbrook in real life.
Too bad Holbrook's Wild Bill McKenzie came in on a Perry Mason pass. He might have developed into a regular series character if he was introduced with his own series.