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Perry Mason

  • TV-PG
  • 1957–1966
  • 9 seasons
  • Mystery, Drama
  • 7.7

Almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances.

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

Episodes

26 episodes
  1. 1The Case of the Spurious Sister

    53 minOct 3, 1959

    Bruce Chapman returns home early from a business trip to find that his wife, Marie, wants a divorce. Chapman is shocked at this turn of events because just before he left on his trip he thought he had found the strangled body of Marie in his office. But if Marie is still alive, who was the dead woman in the office?

  2. 2The Case of the Watery Witness

    52 minOct 10, 1959

    Lorna Thomas is a has-been actress who once gave up her baby for adoption and lived to regret it. George Clark discovers that his wife might be Lorna's long-lost daughter and begins to see dollar signs.

  3. 3The Case of the Garrulous Gambler

    53 minOct 17, 1959

    Larry Benton is a hard luck guy. When he gets in an argument in a poker game and knocks Mike Granger out cold, his "friends" inform him that Granger is dead. Unbeknownst to Larry, the entire scenario is a scam to shake him down for money. Ring leader, Johnny Clay, ends up dead.

  4. 4The Case of the Blushing Pearls

    51 minOct 24, 1959

    Mitsuo Kamuri has been seeing a great deal of Grover Nichols, son of wealthy businessman Hudson Nichols. Nichols doesn't approve of his son's relationship, and when Mitsuo is "caught" with a string of valuable pearls belonging to Mrs. Nichols, he agrees to drop all charges provided she stops seeing his son. Things then get even more complicated when Mitsuo's uncle is found murdered.

  5. 5The Case of the Startled Stallion

    53 minOct 31, 1959

    Wealthy rancher John Brant forecloses on Jo Ann Blanchard's mortgage and takes possession of her prized stallion. Jo Ann goes to Perry for help in getting the horse back but soon needs Perry's aid in getting her off a murder charge she is arrested for killing Brant.

  6. 6The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma

    52 minNov 14, 1959

    Frank Thatcher is involved in a hit-and-run accident but does not report it. He uses Paul Drake to take care of the aftermath of the incident. Later, Thatcher is found dead in the same apartment with Paul, after he wakes up—and Paul’s accused of the murder.

  7. 7The Case of the Golden Fraud

    52 minNov 21, 1959

    Richard Vanaman is up for a promotion at his investment firm but is sabotaged and framed for murder.

  8. 8The Case of the Bartered Bikini

    52 minDec 5, 1959

    Wally Dunbar seeks Perry's help in securing ownership of his new summer line of swimwear but the sketches are stolen and worse yet, chief designer Rick Stassi is murdered. Wally's girlfriend, Kitty Wynne, who was being blackmailed by Stassi goes to trial for his murder.

  9. 9The Case of the Artful Dodger

    53 minDec 12, 1959

    Allen Sheridan has more enemies than you can shake a stick at—and he's due to inherit the healthy sum of $162,000.00. When Allen turns up dead, his cousin Sarette becomes the prime suspect.

  10. 10The Case of the Lucky Legs

    52 minDec 19, 1959

    Marjorie Cluny wins a contest for best looking legs sponsored by Frank Patton of Stellar Productions. Her prize is a trip to Hollywood and a role in Patton's next picture. Unfortunately, there was fine print in Marjorie's contract and her Hollywood career lasts only two days. Patton is then found stabbed to death with a woodcarving instrument . Marjorie disappears and becomes the leading suspect.

  11. 11The Case of the Violent Village

    51 minJan 2, 1960

    Perry goes on a fishing trip in a small Sierra Nevada town with his old friend, Sheriff Gene Norris but, as usual, manages to get sidetracked into another murder case when Phil Beecher returns from jail.

  12. 12The Case of the Frantic Flyer

    53 minJan 9, 1960

    A double cross, a double murder, a plane crash, missing money, and yet another innocent widow charged with crimes she didn't commit are the elements of this case.

  13. 13The Case of the Wayward Wife

    53 minJan 23, 1960

    Ben Sutton is listed as the author of a best-selling book describing his experiences in a Korean POW camp. When the real author is released from an Army hospital, Sutton is slain before he can tell the truth and his widow is arrested for the murder.

  14. 14The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor

    52 minJan 30, 1960

    DA Hamilton Burger asks Perry to defend an old friend who once saved his life in a boating accident ten years before. The old friend of Burger's is now facing a murder charge.

  15. 15The Case of the Gallant Grafter

    53 minFeb 6, 1960

    Corporate intrigue is the backdrop of this episode, when embezzling accountant Robert Doniger is murdered and Edward Nelson is charged with his murder.

  16. 16The Case of the Wary Wildcatter

    53 minFeb 20, 1960

    Charles Houston cleverly gets away with killing his wife by making it look like she died in a car accident. Then a wildlife photographer shows up with the murder on film, and Charles discovers that his sister-in-law has squandered all the profits from his oil well.

  17. 17The Case of the Mythical Monkeys

    51 minFeb 27, 1960

    Author Mauvis Meade sends her secretary, Gladys Doyle, out to a mountain cabin to pick up a package. Gladys gets lost and her car gets stuck in the mud. She then walks to a cabin looking for help and encounters a mysterious man who appears to know her. While Gladys freshens up, the man leaves and Gladys discovers a dead body.

  18. 18The Case of the Singing Skirt

    52 minMar 12, 1960

    The Big Barn is a gambling casino run by George Anclitis. Things are going well at the Big Barn, until George's second banana, Slim Marcus, botches a crooked card game and is exposed for cheating. Slim's girlfriend, Vivan Ennis, is then murdered.

  19. 19The Case of the Bashful Burro

    53 minMar 26, 1960

    Perry arrives in the gold mining town of Placer City looking for an old prospector to subpoena for testimony. He then get involved in a murder case when one of the participants in a barroom fight is found killed and the other is accused of the crime.

  20. 20The Case of the Crying Cherub

    51 minApr 9, 1960

    A valuable Matisse painting is stolen from a museum. When the thief is found murdered museum employee June Sinclair and her boyfriend David Lambert are charged with the crime.

  21. 21The Case of the Nimble Nephew

    52 minApr 23, 1960

    Mason is sought out by land tycoon Adam Thompson, who suspects one of his nephews of rifling the house safe. The twist? The land tycoon's next in command is found dead, after it's found out that he was the one stealing the secrets.

  22. 22The Case of the Madcap Modiste

    53 minApr 30, 1960

    After one of the biggest names in fashion is poisoned after embarassing her husband on TV, the husband is not rightly the prime suspect.

  23. 23The Case of the Slandered Submarine

    53 minMay 14, 1960

    Commander Jerome Burke is assisting the police in the investigation of the murder of a café singer. Later, Commander James Page is found dead in the captain's quarters of the Navy submarine, MORAY. Robert Chapman, a sailor who was married to the deceased singer, is accused of both murders.

  24. 24The Case of the Ominous Outcast

    52 minMay 21, 1960

    When a notorious bank robber's son returns to his hometown it seems as though everyone is interested in missing loot supposedly hidden by the man's father. This leads to murder. Perry comes to the rescue once again.

  25. 25The Case of the Irate Inventor

    53 minMay 28, 1960

    James Frazer wants a divorce and his cheating wife refuses to give him one. She's also stealing the plans to his invention in order to bait her engineer lover into staying around. Frazer leaves town for three months in order to cool down, but on the night of his return he finds his wife murdered in his office—and he has the only key to a unique, burglar-proof lock that he invented.

  26. 26The Case of the Flighty Father

    53 minJun 11, 1960

    18 year-old Trudy's mother has died leaving her $10 million and suddenly men claiming to be her long-lost father are coming into town. The only one who could identify the real father, a blind uncle, is killed, but by who?

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Series cast

Raymond BurrPerry Mason271 episodes
Barbara HaleDella Street271 episodes
William HopperPaul Drake271 episodes
William TalmanHamilton Burger271 episodes
Ray CollinsLieutenant Tragg271 episodes
Lee MillerSergeant Brice65 episodes
George E. StoneCourt Clerk43 episodes
Dabbs GreerBill Cotton37 episodes
Wesley LauAmory Fallon34 episodes
Richard AndersonEdward Lewis32 episodes
S. John LaunerJudge Ryder31 episodes
Michael FoxDr. Hoxie24 episodes
Willis BoucheyJudge23 episodes
Dan TobinDickens16 episodes
Grandon RhodesJudge Kippen16 episodes
Jack GarganBailiff16 episodes
Kenneth MacDonaldJudge14 episodes
Richard GainesJudge13 episodes

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