Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986)
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Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is once more dragged out of retirement to defend a murder suspect. This time the defendant is an obnoxious actor (Joe Penny) who was seen by an audience of millions in the act of shooting a vitriolic TV talk show host (Allan Thicke). The actor claims the shooting was a… More Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is once more dragged out of retirement to defend a murder suspect. This time the defendant is an obnoxious actor (Joe Penny) who was seen by an audience of millions in the act of shooting a vitriolic TV talk show host (Allan Thicke). The actor claims the shooting was a prearranged publicity stunt, and that his gun was filled with blanks. Why, then, was the host stone cold dead when the cops arrived? Production sidelight: Allan Thicke, the "murdered" talk host in this made for TV movie, was in 1983 the real host of a failed talk show--a show produced by Fred Silverman, who also happened to be the producer of Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star.. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ron Satlof
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 9, 1986 Wide
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Cast
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Raymond Burr
as Perry Mason
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Barbara Hale
as Della Street
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Joe Penny
as Robert McCay
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William Katt
as Paul Drake Jr.
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Ron Glass
as Eric Brenner
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Jennifer O'Neill
as Alison Carr
- J. Kenneth Campbell
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Wendy Crewson
as Michelle Benti
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Lisa Howard
as Sharon Loring
- Ken James
- Cec Linder
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Ross Petty
as Peter Towne
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David Ogden Stiers
as D.A. Michael Reston
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Alan Thicke
as Steve Carr
- Lee Wilkof
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Ivan Dixon
as Judge
- John Evans
- Michael Donahue
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Mary Kane
as Kate Huntley
- Mag Ruffman
