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Perry Mason · S8 · E4

The Case of the Sleepy Slayer

  • TV-PG
  • Oct 15, 1964
  • 52 min

Abner Gordon threatens to press charges if his niece doesn't replace the money she lifted from his safe.

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Abner Gordon threatens to press charges if his niece doesn't replace the money she lifted from his safe.

Season 8

30 episodes
  1. 1The Case of the Missing Button

    52 minSep 24, 1964

    A man's campaign to prove his estranged wife an unfit mother is interrupted when he's arrested for murder.

  2. 2The Case of the Paper Bullets

    52 minOct 1, 1964

    Mason is caught in the middle when a romance develops between two members of rival political families.

  3. 3The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor

    52 minOct 8, 1964

    Mona Harvey is the principal stockholder in a publishing company run by her uncle, Everett, and the wife of an eccentric sculptor named Hannibal Harvey who is being blackmailed. Unable to get at any money due to Mona's absence, Hannibal has ditzy model Bonnie Dunbar write a blackmail note to Mona's uncle. Everett gets the money out of petty cash and sends it to Bonnie. In the meantime, Mona returns, finds Bonnie's blackmail note, and decides to pay the model a visit. So does Hannibal. Without seeing each other, husband and wife both discover Bonnie's dead body. Mona gets arrested for the murder but she fears that Hannibal might be the real killer.

  4. 4The Case of the Sleepy Slayer

    52 minOct 15, 1964Now viewing

    Abner Gordon threatens to press charges if his niece doesn't replace the money she lifted from his safe.

  5. 5The Case of the Betrayed Bride

    52 minOct 22, 1964

    A recently widowed women becomes tangled in a web of suspicion when she hastily remarries.

  6. 6The Case of the Nautical Knot

    52 minOct 29, 1964

    Mason is summoned when Harvey Scott's efforts to retain temporary control of the family mining company lead to murder.

  7. 7The Case of the Bullied Bowler

    52 minNov 5, 1964

    Attorney Joe Kelly agrees to represent Bill Jarvis, whose mother-in-law is trying to have his bowling alley shut down.

  8. 8The Case of a Place Called Midnight

    52 minNov 12, 1964

    In an offbeat case, Mason becomes involved in international intrigue wheh he travels to Switzerland to meet a friend's future daughter-in-law.

  9. 9The Case of the Tragic Trophy

    52 minNov 19, 1964

    Investigating the "other woman" in a betrothed man's life, Mason finds himself neck-deep in a murder mystery.

  10. 10The Case of the Reckless Rockhound

    52 minNov 26, 1964

    Reba Burgess's control of her late husband's mining company is threatened when a man turns up with a partnership agreement—signed by Burgess before he died.

  11. 11The Case of the Latent Lover

    52 minDec 3, 1964

    An investment broker tops off a series of peculiar actions by commandeering a taxi to rob a bank.

  12. 12The Case of the Wooden Nickels

    52 minDec 10, 1964

    Drake gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to act as courier in the sale of a rare Confederate coin.

  13. 13The Case of the Blonde Bonanza

    52 minDec 17, 1964

    A model fails to read the fine print when she signs a curious contract paying her $200 a week to gain weight for an assignment.

  14. 14The Case of the Ruinous Road

    52 minDec 31, 1964

    The foundations of a large company are shaken when the chief engineer uncovers evidence of budget tampering.

  15. 15The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer

    52 minJan 7, 1965

    Uninterested in her recently inherited fortune, an aspring singer is easy prey for a sinister agent.

  16. 16The Case of the Thermal Thief

    52 minJan 14, 1965

    Attorney Ken Kramer comes to the aid of an alleged thief accused of stealing a $50,000 necklace.

  17. 17The Case of the Golden Venom

    52 minJan 21, 1965

    A woman hires Mason to nullify a clause in her late husband's will that disinherits her if she reopens the investigation of her son's death.

  18. 18The Case of the Tell-Tale Tap

    52 minFeb 4, 1965

    Balancing private investigation with legal gymnastics, Mason tries to iron out a case of embezzlement and murder.

  19. 19The Case of the Feather Cloak

    52 minFeb 11, 1965

    In Hawaii to handle an investigation for a hotel chain, Mason and Drake uncover a murder.

  20. 20The Case of the Lover's Gamble

    52 minFeb 18, 1965

    A woman turns to Mason when she becomes convinced that her boss is planning to murder his invalid wife.

  21. 21The Case of the Fatal Fetish

    52 minMar 4, 1965

    Burger tries to head off trouble when his young assistant falls for an unscrupulous woman.

  22. 22The Case of the Sad Sicilian

    52 minMar 11, 1965

    Paulo Porro is a charming young man from Sicily with a clever scam for ingratiating himself with Italian-American families. But when he tries his charms on Enrico Bacio, Paulo runs into a problem. It seems as though there was bad blood between the Porro and Bacio clans back in Sicily. Bacio even believes that Paolo has come to kill him. When Bacio is later found with a file lodged in his neck, Paolo is blamed for the murder.

  23. 23The Case of the Murderous Mermaid

    52 minMar 18, 1965

    Former swimming champion Victoria Dawn is now overweight, out of shape, and the owner of a chain of failing health spas. Desperate to regain some of her former glory she hires young actress Regina "Reggie" Lambert to impersonate her in a swim across the Catalina Channel to Los Angeles.

  24. 24The Case of the Careless Kitten

    52 minMar 25, 1965

    Franklin Shore, supposedly dead for 10 years, telephones his niece, Helen, and gives her instructions on how to meet him. Then someone takes a shot at Helen's boyfriend and attempts to poison the "deceased's" wife, Matilda.

  25. 25The Case of the Deadly Debt

    52 minApr 1, 1965

    Police detective Danny Talbert's father dies from a heart attack caused by stress from the fact that he was into mobster Steve Radom for a $10,000 debt. Or so Danny believes. When Radom is killed with Danny's gun, Perry steps in to clear his name.

  26. 26The Case of the Gambling Lady

    52 minApr 8, 1965

    Pete Warren's estranged wife, Myrna, is killing time in Reno waiting for their divorce to go through. When Myrna gets involved in a counterfeit gambling chip scam, Pete makes the mistake of lying to protect her.

  27. 27The Case of the Duplicate Case

    52 minApr 22, 1965

    An unsuccessful salesman has a lot of explaining to do when he throws down his sample case in disgust—and large sums of money fall out.

  28. 28The Case of the Grinning Gorilla

    52 minApr 29, 1965

    Della buys the diary of a drowned woman at an auction and after reading the entries becomes convinced that the woman's death was not a suicide as was ruled at the time. This leads Perry into a case involving an eccentric millionaire, his two scheming assistants, and a kleptomaniac gorilla.

  29. 29The Case of the Wrongful Writ

    52 minMay 6, 1965

    Lawyer Ward Toyama, a friend of Perry's, gets caught up in an illegal gunrunning operation and murder on the high seas after being contacted by a man claiming to be an intelligence agent. It's up to Perry to clear his friend's name when he's accused of murder.

  30. 30The Case of the Mischievous Doll

    52 minMay 13, 1965

    Perry is paid a visit by a Dorrie Ambler who wants him to verify her identity. Shady private eye Phil Arthur has been paying her to frequent certain places around town and Dorrie thinks it's because she bears a strong resemblance to madcap heiress Minerva Minden. After some digging, Perry finds out that Minerva might have been involved in a hit-and-run accident and it appears as though Dorrie is being used to prove that.

Guest stars

Robert BrownTracey Walcott
Hugh MarloweDoctor Lambert
Phyllis HillRachel Gordon
Karl SwensonCharles Norman
Lee MillerSgt. Brice (uncredited)
John NapierBruce Jay
Joan TompkinsSadie Norman
J. Edward McKinleyHarlan Farrell
Richard HaleAbner Gordon
Morris AnkrumJudge
William WoodsonMedical Examiner
Douglas EvansSalesman
Al HopsonClark
John RaybornPusher
Gil FryeChef
Gigi PerreauPhyllis Clover