The Case of the Fabulous Fake

Cast of Characters

PERRY MASON — Usually tough with his clients in their own best interests, he lets a pretty girl talk him into acting more like a man than a crack lawyer

DELLA STREET — A confidential secretary with a sharp eye, she makes a very feminine observation about the new client

GERTIE — Mason’s incurably romantic switchboard operator, she manages some fast observations of her own

PAUL DRAKE — Mason’s favorite private detective, he agrees to track down the elusive client

DIANA DOUGLAS — Pretty, evasive, and in deep trouble, she swears that she’s neither embezzler nor murderer

STELLA GRIMES — One of Paul Drake’s operatives, she follows Mason’s lead brilliantly, backed up by some very defensive underwear

MORAY CASSEL — A blackmailer and a liver-off-women, he went one step too far and wound up dead

HOMER GAGE — Junior partner in a somewhat shady import business, he is a blusterer with something to hide

FRANKLIN GAGE — Homer’s uncle and senior officer of the import company, he wants his company protected and his employees left alone

BILL ARDLEY — A homicide detective, he meets his match in Stella Grimes and Perry Mason

JUDGE CHARLES JEROME ELLIOTT — He does his best to hold Mason to strict courtroom procedure

RALPH GURLOCK FLOYD — The trial deputy thinks he has a perfect case — Mason’s client had motive, opportunity — and the gun

JOYCE BAFFIN — A friend of Diana’s, she seems to be the only one who believes she’s not a fake