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For an episode that started out so hopeful and interesting- it seemed to lose some interest near the end.

It begins as we see an middle aged artist named John Kenyon (John Larkin) coming back home from a trip to Greece. He brings with him a nice looking young Greek woman named Theba (Marianna Hill) and her mother Cleo (Faith Domerque).

John is using Theba as a model for his new sculpture, Theba does not know it but the older John is falling in love with Theba. But John is having a problem with Theba's mother, Cleo.

Seems Theba obeys everything Cleo asks. And Cleo appears to be setting up dates for Theba against John's wishes. This causes a heated discussion between John and Cleo where John cuts Cleo with a artist tool.

The next scene we see is a passer-by calling the police saying he just saw someone drag a women to the cliff and throw here into the ocean. But who can it be? Only after an investigation do they find Cleo's body - but the body was found in John's house not in the ocean. So in come Perry to defend John for the murder of Cleo.

During the trial we find out that some people are not exactly who they claim to be. Also stories begin to unwind as Paul Drake begins finding information concerning stories that were told to the police. Which leads Perry to find the true murderer during a courtroom confession.

The story started out so interesting but seemed to stall near the middle. When the writers introduced a dead man in Greece the story began to lose some of the interest. It seemed to get complicated when we see that nearly the entire cast had visited Greece within the last few years.

It was a fine episode but nothing that really makes it stand out from others in the series.

Note- Lt Tragg (Ray Collins) returns after being absent for the last few shows. Mr Collins appeared to have lost some weight and was beginning to look frail. It was obvious that Mr Collins was sick at this point in the series. ---Also the episode that I watched seemed faded at times. Right at the beginning of the court scene it appeared that they pieced scenes together from different stock. Some were extremely light while others were dark. And at times where we went to a new scene, the actors were already talking. Maybe they were cutting some commercial out or perhaps I got a bad copy. Either way it was much more pronounced in my copy of this episode.

Jesse Hibbs, who capably directed many episodes, was off his mark on this one. The acting was at times too effusive and distracting, especially for John Anderson in his early scenes, and for John Larkin in numerous scenes throughout the story. It was as if there was no one on hand to correct this. Samuel Neuman, the writing consultant for many if not most episodes, was also noticeably absent for this production. The Case of the Greek Goddess clearly had potential, but alas, it never came to fruition.

Sculptor John Larkin has brought back from Greece Marianna Hill who is his new muse and whom he plans to use as a model for recreating those classical Greek statues. Along in tow is Faith Domergue who is her 'mother' and who worked for a Greek millionaire, an Aristotle Onassis who made his money in wool and who recently died.

All that is tied up rather clumsily in a plot involving the late Greek tycoon's business there and in Los Angeles. When Domergue is found dead Larkin needs Perry Mason.

Not one of the better episodes of Perry Mason, a badly constructed story and characters who truly made no sense.

I usually don't do reviews of Perry Mason because I don't really care for the series too much. But when I saw George Kennedy and Marianna Hill as guest stars I had to give it a look see.. They were good but did not make me like the series any better. However Marianna Hill can really change her looks with make-up, hair, and clothes - almost didn't recognize her in this especially with that accent. Anyway maybe I'll try Perry Mason again as some reviewers thought this episode was not that good either.