Happy Valentine’s Day! To celebrate, we are joined this year by Tim’s wife, Wendy! Wendy has brought us Mercedes McCambridge in an episode of Defense Attorney entitled “Client Mike Pelley!” In this story, an innocent man faces the death penalty based on the eyewitness testimony of a respected housewife. But his attorney, Martha Ellis Barrett, is determined to uncover the truth and save her client. Why would this witness lie about a complete stranger? What price would a person pay to hide the past? Will there still be time for necking in the park? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
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I really enjoyed this one – absolute classic. I’ll definitely check out the other surviving episodes as well.
Whoever played Mike Pelley seemed to share some of the same vocal mannerisms as Gunsmoke’s Doc.
Good ear! I didn’t recognize him, but according to this log of episodes…
http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Defense-Attorney.html
…Mike Pelley was played by Howard McNear, who played Doc on the radio version of Gunsmoke (and, more famously, Floyd the barber on The Andy Griffith Show).
This was fantastic! It definitely stands the test of time, and I would even go so far as to call it a timeless classic. (I’ll concede that I may be influenced by the fact that I listened to this one after “The Perfect Script”, and I voted “There may be some antiquated moments, but overall it’s great” for that one — so, grading on a curve, I *have* to call this one a timeless classic.) Regarding the record sung by Mercedes McCambridge, I might have found this annoying if they had said something like, “Hey, she’s great! Everyone should go… Read more »