Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Brief Synopsis
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A television movie in the ongoing series of "Perry Mason" telefilms. Violence erupts when Perry Mason jets to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain. He is accused of murdering a man suspected of being the Nazi SS Officer who ran a forced labor camp where his mother was interned. Mason discover
Cast & Crew
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Christian I Nyby
Director
Raymond Burr
Barbara Hale
William R. Moses
Ian Bannen
Peggy Frankston
Film Details
Also Known As
Case of the Desperate Deception, The, Case of the Paris Paradox
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1990
Location
Paris, France
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
A television movie in the ongoing series of "Perry Mason" telefilms. Violence erupts when Perry Mason jets to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain. He is accused of murdering a man suspected of being the Nazi SS Officer who ran a forced labor camp where his mother was interned. Mason discovers that his client was not the only one pursuing the former Nazi.
Director
Christian I Nyby
Director
Cast
Raymond Burr
Barbara Hale
William R. Moses
Ian Bannen
Peggy Frankston
Teresa Wright
Jean-pierre Laurent
Paul Maxwell
Frederic Witta
Brian Greene
Frank Capillery
Yvette Mimieux
Kim Thompson
Marcy Walker
Janine Darcey
Ian Mcshane
Mickey Knox
Jeremy Hawk
Richard D Sharp
Paul Freeman
Terry O'quinn
Yves Collignon
Tim Ryan
Michael Morris
Crew
Virginia Bach
Assistant Director
Robert Benevides
Production Consultant
Jean-pierre Berroyer
Hair Stylist
Marie-odile Bertot
Production Accountant
Gervaise Blattmann
Other
Jerome Boussier
Location Manager
Daniel Braunschweig
Props
C R Cassey
Music Supervisor
Carter De Haven, Iv
Editor
Richard Debenedictis
Music
Carol L Dudley
Casting
George Eckstein
Screenplay
Eric Fauchere
Camera Operator
Wayne Fitzgerald
Main Title Design
Erle Stanley Gardner
Characters As Source Material
Jeff Glasser
Script Supervisor
Catherine Gorne
Costumes
Gary Grillo
Assistant Director
Henri Grimault
Assistant Director
Paul Gyulay
Gaffer
Frederic Hamelin
Sound Mixer
Dean Hargrove
Executive Producer
Hal Harrison
Post-Production
Eileen Horta
Sound Editor
Peter Katz
Producer
Kelly Andrew King
Costumes
Paul Lemarinel
Makeup
Laurence Lustyk
Casting
Andrew Macdonald
Rerecording
Daniel Mckinny
Director Of Photography
Constantin Mejinsky
Art Director
Tony Miller
Production Accountant
Philippe Modave
Production Manager
Andrea Nachman
Production Coordinator
William M Nicholson
Rerecording
Peter Reale
Rerecording
Ted Roberts
Music Editor
David Rosenberg
Post-Production Coordinator
Ronn Rynhart
Costume Designer
Leslie Sackheim
Assistant Editor
Albert Sales
Unit Manager
Yvon Sausseau
Key Grip
Fred Silverman
Executive Producer
Billy Ray Smith
Unit Production Manager
Dennis Smith
Advisor
Dionne Smith
Makeup
David F Solomon
Coproducer
Joel Steiger
Producer
Fred Steiner
Theme Music
Claude Sune
Set Decorator
Film Details
Also Known As
Case of the Desperate Deception, The, Case of the Paris Paradox
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1990
Location
Paris, France
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States March 11, 1990
Previous title: "The Case of the Paris Paradox."
Estimated budget: $3,000,000
Began shooting November 15, 1989.
Completed shooting mid December 1989.
