MICHAEL SHAYNE: "MURDER AND THE WANTON BRIDE" 12-16-1960.

Michael Shayne: "Murder and the Wanton Bride" Season 1, Episode 11. Air Date - December 16, 1960. Plot/Summary A man is found murdered in an alley. The only clue to his identity is a note scrawled inside a matchbook cover regarding an appointment with Mike at 9:00 a.m. on the following day. Since Mike had no such appointment, and never makes them so early in the morning, he's intensely interested in the discovering who killed his would-be client and why the dead man thought he had arranged for a meeting. When the misaddressed letter - complete with substantial retainer - arrives requesting the aforementioned appointment, Mike decides to take the dead man on as a client. Starring, Richard Denning, Jerry Parris, Patricia Donahue, Herbert Rudley, and Gary Clark. With guest stars, Beverly Garland, Fred Beir, Shirley Ballard, Robert Ellenstein, John Clark, Percy Helton, Byron Morrow, Tom Holland, Jackie Russell, and Barry Brooks.