The Case Of The Lost Love (1987)

An attorney (Jean Simmons) is selected to fill a vacated government position. Her husband (Gene Barry) is approached by a man (Jonathan Banks) who has stolen medical records about his wife's nervous breakdown seven years earlier. Succumbing to blackmail, the husband agrees to pay $50,000 but when he goes to hand over the money, he finds the blackmailer dead and is arrested for murder. Enter Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) to defend him. Directed by Ron Satlof (THE CASE OF THE NOTORIOUS NUN). The fourth entry in the thirty Perry Mason telefilms is one of the very best. It gives Jean Simmons, a fine actress whose film career after 1970 was weak, a late career role that allows her to remind us what a good actress she is. Burr's health was declining and he had mobility issues. He uses a cane throughout the film and is usually photographed sitting or standing. With Barbara Hale, William Katt, Robert Mandan, David Ogden Stiers, Robert F. Lyons and Robert Walden.