Cool and Lam

Light-hearted pilot for a proposed CBS detective series featuring character created by Erle Stanley Gardner (under the pseudonym of A.A. Fair). Penny-pinching, rotund Bertha Cool runs a detective agency while her dimunitive junior partner Donald Lam provides the legs and padded expense account. In the pilot, Lam's investigation of infidelity leads to murder.

Billy Pearson

Donald Lam

Benay Venuta

Bertha Cool

Maurice Manson

Dr. Lintig

Margaret Field

Marion Dunton (as Maggie Mahoney)

Judith Bess Jones

Elsie Brand

Sheila Bromley

Flo Mortonson

Don Megowan

John Harbet

Movita

Carmen

Allison Hayes

Evaline Dell (as Alison Hayes)

John Mitchum

Bartender

Tris Coffin

Thatcher

Alex Sharp

Plainclothesman (as Alex Sharpe)

Erle Stanley Gardner

Himself