This turned out to be a good episode. It involves a football team named the Wildcats. The team is owned by Burt Payne (Bill Williams) and wife Ellen Payne (Mona Freeman). Burt, an obnoxious drunk that treats everyone like trash, is in some kind of trouble with a bookie and agrees to sell his share in the Wildcats to a firm. However Ellen ,who must also sign, knows nothing about the sell.
On a train trip with the team, Burt is again treating everyone like dirt when he dies in a fire aboard the train. Needless to say not many tears was shed but through some evidence that Lt Drumm discovers Ellen is arrested for the death of her husband, Burt. ( I would have declare it justifiable homicide). However Perry believes there is more to this case than just what was presented by the DA's office and set out to find the truth.
And the truth will come to a shock for many people. When Perry and Paul set an almost comical trap at LA Memorial Coliseum after a Wildcat football game.. When the results of the trap are revealed- there will be gasping in the gallery.
The acting in this episode is top notch. Bill Williams, the wife of Barabra Hale, is again cast in one of Perry's mysteries. Bill does a great job of being the hated drunk man. His casting was perfect for this show.
Mona Freeman, as Ellen, is also a good cast. She is one the viewer can connect with in order to make the story more interesting.
But make sure you stay for the ending. It will clear up a very muddy river of accusations.