The Case of the Drowning Duck

Cast of Characters

DELLA STREET — secretary extraordinary and alter ego

PERRY MASON — lawyer famous for his lack of interest in ordinary litigation

JOHN L. WITHERSPOON — a rich man with a problem

LOIS WITHERSPOON — his daughter, who knows when she is in love

MARVIN ADAMS — who has doubts about his past but none about Lois

PAUL DRAKE — head of the Drake Detective Agency and a willing backer of any Mason hunch

MRS. ROLAND BURR — a slinky type who’s been around

GEORGE L. DANGERFIELD — a man with respect for his wife’s skill

RAYMOND E. ALLGOOD — detective agency owner

ALBERTA CROMWELL — a woman who suspects she’s scorned

OFFICER HAGGERTY — who makes a distressing discovery

LESLIE L. MILTER — a wiseacre who guessed wrong

SALLY ELBERTON — pretty blond secretary who should have stayed at her desk

MRS. GEORGE L. DANGERFIELD — an expert at dealing with men

LAWRENCE DORMER — defense attorney in need of help

DISTRICT ATTORNEY COPELAND — who thought he had a case

JUDGE MEEHAN — presiding over a strange trial