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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:Pictured: [[ConvenientReplacementCharacter Not Perry Mason]]]] |
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| 4 | ''The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle'' is a 1994 MadeForTVMovie directed by Helaine Held. It is the 28th TV movie in the ''Franchise/PerryMason'' series of TV movies and the second to air under the ''A Perry Mason Mystery'' banner, the rebranding of the series of TV movies after the passing of Creator/RaymondBurr in 1993. |
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| 6 | Despite being a part of the series, this is the second movie where Perry Mason himself doesn't actually make an appearance (due to the death of his then-actor, Raymond Burr, in 1993). Rather, the film focuses on "Wild Bill" [=McKenzie=] (played by Creator/HalHolbrook), a retired friend of Mason's, asked by him to give a speech for a gathering of lawyers at a lavish hotel. Also at the hotel that night are Adrian Lye, host of a ''Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous''-type show, and some celebrities for his next episode, including Daniel Kingman, a chess champion that has ties to [=McKenzie=]. However, Lye is poisoned that night, and the chess champion is the most likely suspect, so it is up to [=McKenzie=] and his allies to prove his innocence. |
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| 8 | !!Tropes: |
| 9 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Bill [=McKenzie=] takes care of a ranch, drives a motorbike, is adamantly against corruption, and served in war. |
| 10 | * EveryManHasHisPrice: How Kingman actually won his chess championship, which led to him being {{Blackmail}}ed by Lye to appear on the show. |
| 11 | * MandatoryUnretirement: [=McKenzie=] comes out of retirement to assist Kingman. |
| 12 | * MeaningfulName: A chess player named '''King'''man. |
| 13 | * ShamefulStrip: Happens to Ken Malansky while investigating the room the true assassin used, only to get cornered at gunpoint by a FemmeFatale. |
| 14 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: [=McKenzie=], as well as his client/friend Kingman. |
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