Perry Mason
The cases of a master criminal defense attorney, handling the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Cast:Raymond Burr , Barbara Hale , William Hopper , Ray Collins , William Talman , Don Anderson , Lee Miller , Wesley Lau , George E. Stone , S. John Launer , Kenneth MacDonald , Bert Stevens , Richard Anderson , Michael Fox , Willis Bouchey , Morris Ankrum , John Gallaudet , Connie Cezon
S1.E1 ∙ The Case of the Restless Redhead
Perry's client is menaced by a car driven by a hooded man, whom she shoots at with a gun that was planted in her room. When the guy winds up dead from a bullet, Perry confuses matters by firing an identical gun later at the scene.
S1.E2 ∙ The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece
A woman is divorcing her husband after she catches him sleepwalking near her bed with a knife. When his stepbrother is found dead, stabbed with the knife, he's charged with the murder and accused of using his sleepwalking as a cover-up.
S1.E3 ∙ The Case of the Nervous Accomplice
A wealthy woman hires Mason to buy stock in her husband's land company, hoping to force his mistress out. But her plan goes awry when she is charged with the murder of her husband's business partner Mason bought the stock from.
S1.E4 ∙ The Case of the Drowning Duck
Perry Mason, Della Street, and Paul Drake head to a small town to defend a young man who is charged with poisoning a blackmailer. They learn the man's father was executed for killing a man in the same town eighteen years earlier.
S1.E5 ∙ The Case of the Sulky Girl
An impetuous niece who demands her trust fund be released comes to Perry Mason for help. But it's her boyfriend who needs defending when he is charged with murdering her controlling uncle as Perry learns their real situation.
S1.E6 ∙ The Case of the Silent Partner
The owner of a lucrative orchid business is charged with murder after her husband loses stock shares in a poker game to a sleazy ex-con. When the hostess at the game calls to say she was poisoned, Perry and his team spring into action.
S1.E7 ∙ The Case of the Angry Mourner
Sam Burris awakens his wife Betsy, saying he heard a shot at a neighbor's house. Through binoculars they spy Belle Adrian prowling about the house. Fortunately, Perry Mason on vacation comes to Belle's aid when she is charged with murder.
S1.E8 ∙ The Case of the Crimson Kiss
Fay Allison and her roommate Anita are found unconscious by Fay's aunt, Louise Marlow, who calls her attorney Perry Mason in desperation. In the girls' apartment Perry and Della discover a key that leads them to the body of Carver Clement.
S1.E9 ∙ The Case of the Vagabond Vixen
A man picking up a young woman hitchhiking tries to help her but the actions backfire when he finds himself the victim of blackmail. The man's business partner was also involved with the woman and murdered for which he is charged.
S1.E10 ∙ The Case of the Runaway Corpse
Ed Davenport, on his deathbed, accuses his wife of poisoning him, then he expires. When Tragg arrives to investigate, the corpse has vanished, only to be found later, buried in a slit trench several miles away.
S1.E11 ∙ The Case of the Crooked Candle
Martha and Rita show up at a beauty salon and both answer to "Mrs. Bradford." Their husband Joe turns up dead on his boat, Martha is charged with his murder, and a candle on the table is leaning about twenty degrees.
S1.E12 ∙ The Case of the Negligent Nymph
While on a fishing trip, Perry Mason and Paul Drake pull a beautiful woman out of the ocean. In her possession is a note she retrieved from her employer, accusing him of killing his rich aunt during a storm on their yacht.
S1.E13 ∙ The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
Perry and Della are enjoying a quiet dinner at Morey Allen's restaurant when a waitress suddenly runs out and is hit by a car, shots are fired, and Perry is left holding a moth-eaten mink with a pawn ticket hidden in it.
S1.E14 ∙ The Case of the Baited Hook
Perry is awakened in the middle of the night by the phone. A strange man says someone has been murdered and he has two $1,000 bills as a retainer, as well as half of a $10,000 bill that will serve to introduce Perry's mysterious client.
S1.E15 ∙ The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse
When Perry Mason finds some fans and shoes that belong to a fan dancer, he places an ad that several people mistake for a missing horse. Not only does another fan dancer show up, but so does her husband...dead, leaving Perry confused.
S1.E16 ∙ The Case of the Demure Defendant
Nadine, a demure young woman, confesses to her psychiatrist on tape under a truth serum that she poisoned her uncle. Evidence has been tampered with and planted, and Perry is in hot water as the police believe he is responsible.
S1.E17 ∙ The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary
A gorgeous woman's trailer was stolen while she was sunbathing, so she asks for Perry's help in finding it. She claims it contains her diary, which details the truthful account of a notorious bank heist her father was convicted for.
S1.E18 ∙ The Case of the Cautious Coquette
Elaine is being threatened and blackmailed by her husband, Harry Pitkin, so she consults Perry. In a complex series of moves, Perry is sent on a wild goose chase to Elaine's apartment, Harry ends up dead, and Elaine is charged with murder.
S1.E19 ∙ The Case of the Haunted Husband
Della persuades Perry to take a case where a girl in a car accident is framed for stealing the car and killing the driver of a truck. She claims another man was driving the car. Two murders later Perry is still trying to clear her.
S1.E20 ∙ The Case of the Lonely Heiress
A lonely heiress, Marylin Clark, looks for a con man who swindled her sister through a lonely hearts magazine, leading to the sister's death. Marylin finds Charles Barnaby, but he winds up dead, and she is charged with murder.
S1.E21 ∙ The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister
A dowdy woman comes to Perry Mason for help. Her wealthy but ailing father is being blackmailed by a disreputable private investigator for embezzling and she's afraid if her fiancé finds out, he'll break off their engagement.
S1.E22 ∙ The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
The wife of a prominent physician is arrested for drugging her husband, causing him to crash his private plane. But then he turns up alive, living in Mexico with a beautiful nurse after the dead man's identity is revealed.
S1.E23 ∙ The Case of the One-Eyed Witness
Marian Fargo is being blackmailed and hires Perry Mason to find a solution to her problem. When Marian is suddenly charged with two murders and the evidence is solidly against her, Perry must use all his wits to save his client.
S1.E24 ∙ The Case of the Deadly Double
Perry defends the brother of a woman who returns with a purse containing his gun, who says that in her nightmare she saw her husband shot and found the gun there. Perry must prove the nightmare was real, but why does the woman think it was a dream?
S1.E25 ∙ The Case of the Empty Tin
Elston Carr is searching for the heir to the Hocksley fortune, with Alan Neil conducting the preliminary interviews. Miriam Hocksley may be the heiress. Another woman, Doris Hocksley, also has reliable credentials but Carr is found dead.
S1.E26 ∙ The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
Perry Mason defends an old wartime buddy, Frank Lawton, who is framed for murder. He is a handy man accused of having an affair with the woman he works for and killing her husband. The evidence is piling up against him en masse.
S1.E27 ∙ The Case of the Desperate Daughter
Teenager Doris Bannister is having a fling with Stefan Riker, a shady East German who is a longtime acquaintance of Doris' step-mother, Lisa Bannister. Riker has been murdered, and Doris has general amnesia; or is she faking it?
S1.E28 ∙ The Case of the Daring Decoy
An attractive secretary, spying on an oil executive in order to help his rival, is found murdered by the executive who takes the gun. And Perry's star witness is an elevator operator who identifies suspects by their shoes.
S1.E29 ∙ The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
Fred Archer is blackmailed by Kim Lane, who winds up dead. Albert Sanders, Perry's derelict client, is charged with the murder. Perry depends on Kim's friend, Inez Kaylor, to assist in the defense, but she double-crosses him at every turn.
S1.E30 ∙ The Case of the Screaming Woman
An elderly nurse visits Perry for advice but leaves not listening. Later, she arrives at the police station to confess to killing a columnist who is using a book she stole from a doctor to blackmail him into giving her a baby of her own.
S1.E31 ∙ The Case of the Fiery Fingers
Louise Gordon believes husband George is having an affair and will not allow him into her room. Only cousin Vicky Braxton and nurse Nora Mae Quincey may see Louise. When Louise dies of arsenic poisoning, Nora Mae is charged with murder.
S1.E32 ∙ The Case of the Substitute Face
Carl Houser quits his bank job and loads his money-belt with cash as he leaves. He takes his family on a ship cruise where his wife consults Perry about the cash, but when Carl apparently goes overboard, she is charged with murder.
S1.E33 ∙ The Case of the Long-Legged Models
Gambler Glenn Falkner is murdered by George Castle, who tries to collect a debt from Falkner's daughter, Stephanie. Castle is murdered and Stephanie is charged. The case becomes confusing when not one but three identical guns are involved.
S1.E34 ∙ The Case of the Gilded Lily
Enid Griffin overdoses on sleeping pills when her boss, Stewart Brent, unexpectedly got married. Arthur Binney blackmails Brent and his wife Anne to suppress the fact that she has a prison record. Brent is framed for the murder of Binney.
S1.E35 ∙ The Case of the Lazy Lover
While repositioning his car in the driveway, Bertrand Allred finds the unconscious Robert Fleetwood. It appears that Bertrand's step-daughter struck Fleetwood as she was driving toward the house but the cover-up results in murder.
S1.E36 ∙ The Case of the Prodigal Parent
When Philip Larkin is killed, his stepfather Joseph Harrison, recently divorced from Philip's mother Ethel, is charged. With Joe in serious difficulty, Ethel asks Perry Mason to defend him, then disappears.
S1.E37 ∙ The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde
Diana Reynolds arrives at Mason's office wearing a black eye concerned about her boss' grandson Bobby Carter. Marian Shaw, Diana's former roommate, also concerned with the grandson, is murdered at the Carter residence and Diana is charged.
S1.E38 ∙ The Case of the Terrified Typist
A terrified typist rushes into Mason's office pretending to be a temp. The office of the diamond importers on the floor above has been invaded. Later a partner, George Baxter, is killed, and another partner, Duane Jefferson, is charged.
S1.E39 ∙ The Case of the Rolling Bones
Daniel Reed is forcibly placed in a mental sanitarium as incompetent. Mason takes the case to court and wins Reed's freedom on a writ of habeas corpus. Before the writ can be served, however, Reed escapes and is charged with murder.
S2.E1 ∙ The Case of the Corresponding Corpse
A man that faked his death has been exposed and is blackmailed. With help from Perry, he plans on returning to his wife. But, before that can happen, he is found dead and a woman he had a relationship with is charged and needs Perry's help.
S2.E2 ∙ The Case of the Lucky Loser
Ted Balfour is convicted of vehicular manslaughter and given a suspended sentence through a plea bargain. When the police discover the victim actually died of a gunshot wound to the head, Ted is charged with first-degree murder.
S2.E3 ∙ The Case of the Pint-Sized Client
Nicky Renzi, a fourteen-year-old, finds the loot from a robbery and consults Perry about the legality of keeping it. His grandfather, Gramp Renzi, is adamant about reporting it to the police, but then charged with grand theft and murder.
S2.E4 ∙ The Case of the Sardonic Sergeant
Major Frank Lessing, an Army payroll officer, is found murdered and Sgt. Joseph Dexter is charged with the crime. The case hinges on a payroll robbery committed in the Philippines years before but the bills are now appearing on base.
S2.E5 ∙ The Case of the Curious Bride
Rhoda Reynolds is blackmailed by Artie Kane for a past indiscretion which she would like to keep from her weakling husband Carl and his overbearing father Philip. When Artie turns up dead, Rhoda is charged with his murder.
S2.E6 ∙ The Case of the Buried Clock
Jack Hardisty steals $100,000 from the bank where he works and asks his father-in-law, Dr. Blane, the chairman of the board, to repay it to avoid a scandal. While investigating, Drake discovers Dr. Blane rifling Jack's home and Jack dead.
S2.E7 ∙ The Case of the Married Moonlighter
Danny Harrison, a schoolteacher, holds a second job at Luke Hickey's diner to make ends meet. Frank Curran comes to the diner flashing a wad of cash, which is tempting to Danny. When Curran is robbed and killed, Danny is charged.
S2.E8 ∙ The Case of the Jilted Jockey
Jockey Tic Barton's wife tries to persuade him to throw a race to please gambler Johnny Starr, with whom she is having an affair. Tic refuses, but he loses the race anyhow. When Starr is killed, Tic is charged with murder.
S2.E9 ∙ The Case of the Purple Woman
Art collector Rufus Varner has bought a famous painting from dealer Milo Girard, but the painting may be a forgery by Aaron Hubble, and Girard's wife, Evelyn, consults Perry for protection against any involvement in the suspected fraud.
S2.E10 ∙ The Case of the Fancy Figures
Martin Ellis, a former employee of Jonathan Hyett, is serving time for embezzlement, a charge he strongly denies. New evidence curiously emerges that may cast doubt on Ellis' conviction, so his wife Caroline consults Perry about the case.
S2.E11 ∙ The Case of the Perjured Parrot
The only witness to a rich man's murder is his parrot, who keeps repeating the suspect's name. But in court, everyone is surprised at what the bird says next. Perry does his magic at an informal coroner's Inquest in a rural area.
S2.E12 ∙ The Case of the Shattered Dream
Diamond cutter and confidence man Hans Breel owes a large sum to gambler William Walker. Breel convinces Irene Bedford to let him sell her diamond to raise money. He sells the diamond to Virginia Trent, but swindles Irene out of her share.
S2.E13 ∙ The Case of the Borrowed Brunette
Attractive brunette Eva Martell interviews with Melvin Slater for a special assignment--to pose as Helen Reynolds. Eva takes the job chaperoned by her Aunt Agnes Nulty. Eva and Agnes find Slater dead and are charged with murder.
S2.E14 ∙ The Case of the Glittering Goldfish
Rollins and Wyatt have discovered a cure for gill fever. As they plan to market the product, they find that Jack Huxley has bought the aquarium business and owns all patents and intellectual property. Huxley is murdered; Wyatt is charged.
S2.E15 ∙ The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll
Framed for embezzlement by her fiance, Millicent Crest decides to flee. She picks up another woman who causes them to have an accident. The woman is killed, so Millie takes her name but finds she has walked into a scandal.
S2.E16 ∙ The Case of the Fraudulent Foto
D.A. Brander Harris is investigating graft in a hospital project. He meets with Leora Mathews to obtain proof. Leora disrobes and kisses Harris as a photographer takes a picture. It goes to political fixer Marshall Scott who is murdered.
S2.E17 ∙ The Case of the Romantic Rogue
Stacey Chandler gives Helen Harvey his mother's cameo as an engagement gift but Helen finds out that Stacey is a con man. Irene Wallace tries to involve Stacey in a con game against Helen, but he refuses. Irene is killed and Helen charged.
S2.E18 ∙ The Case of the Jaded Joker
Fading funnyman Danny Ross has been promised a new television show, which he desperately needs for a comeback. Charles Goff, the executive who promised Danny the show, double-crosses the jaded joker and pitches the show for another talent.
S2.E19 ∙ The Case of the Caretaker's Cat
Peter Baxter decides to test his heirs' loyalties. He pretends to change his will, cutting them all out and leaving his estate to his caretaker, James Hing, who is then supposed to burn down Baxter's house with a medical cadaver in it.
S2.E20 ∙ The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Bishop Arthur Mallory searches for a young woman who may be the heiress to $1,000,000 from the Charles Burroughs estate. Carol Delaney fits the bill. Mallory is beaten by Wallace Lang and his henchman to persuade him to drop the case.
S2.E21 ∙ The Case of the Lost Last Act
An ex-gangster decides to pull out of a play the author is basing on a real-life, mob-related killing. His threatening request is recorded so when the playwright is murdered, he is charged with the murder as Perry sorts out the actors.
S2.E22 ∙ The Case of the Bedeviled Doctor
Dr. David Craig records his patients' sessions on tape. Peter Heywood reveals an affair on one of the tapes. Heywood's wife goes through mobster Ronnie Fowler to buy a copy of the tape from Mark Douglas, brother of Dr. Craig's nurse Edith.
S2.E23 ∙ The Case of the Howling Dog
A divorced woman escapes a sanitarium to retrieve money stolen by her ex-husband now married to her ex-sister-in-law. Her brother handles the problem but decides he wants his ex-wife back but when the ex-husband is murdered she is charged.
S2.E24 ∙ The Case of the Calendar Girl
Contractor George Andrews meets with political strongman Wilfred Borden about resolving the arbitrary inspection problems on the job. As he leaves, Andrews sideswipes a car, throwing a young woman into the driveway and Borden is murdered.
S2.E25 ∙ The Case of the Petulant Partner
Partners Harry Bright and Chuck Clark are at bitter odds with each other over Chuck's marriage to gold-digger Margaret. Harry consults Perry Mason, who advises dissolving the partnership; Margaret is killed, and Harry charged with murder.
S2.E26 ∙ The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
Compulsive gambler Sylvia Oxman meets with casino man Danny Barker to repay IOUs. Her husband Frank wishes to acquire them as evidence in a suit for custody of their son. Barker is killed with Sylvia's gun, and she is charged with murder.
S2.E27 ∙ The Case of the Deadly Toy
Claire Allison contacts Perry for help after Martin Selkirk sends her threatening letters and assaults her boyfriend Dick Benedict. Selkirk is romantically interested in her. When Martin is found shot, it's Claire who is charged.
S2.E28 ∙ The Case of the Spanish Cross
A young delinquent with a criminal record for grand theft, Jimmy Morrow, is believed to have stolen an expensive jeweled cross owned by Curtis Runyon for whom he works. When Runyon is found dead, Jimmy is charged and Perry defends him.
S2.E29 ∙ The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom
A lovely blonde hops over the wall onto Perry Mason's terrace. When confronted, she says her name is Virginia Colfax claiming to be a secretary next door. Next door, majority stockholder Edward Garvin is in a proxy fight with his ex-wife.
S2.E30 ∙ The Case of the Lame Canary
Walter Prescott tries to extort all his wife Ruth's money to give her a divorce. As she leaves, a truck almost runs her down, instead crashing into a car and injuring the passenger. Ruth runs to a friend but returns to find Walter dead.
S3.E1 ∙ The Case of the Spurious Sister
Bruce and Marie Chapman have marital trouble because of her compulsive gambling. After Bruce cuts off her funds and leaves town, Marie blackmails her former husband and his wife, Walter and Helen Sprague. He returns to find her dead.
S3.E2 ∙ The Case of the Watery Witness
Sleazy detective Fred Bushmiller questions movie actress Lorna Thomas whether she gave birth 25 years earlier to a daughter who was put up for adoption. George Clark pushes his wife Betty to see if she is Lorna's long-lost daughter.
S3.E3 ∙ The Case of the Garrulous Gambler
Larry Benton plays poker with Ben Wallace, Johnny Clay and Mike Granger at Clay's beach house. When he caught Granger cheating, a scuffle ensues and a gun goes off leaving Mike dead. Ben blackmails Larry. Not all is as it seems, however.
S3.E4 ∙ The Case of the Blushing Pearls
Hudson Nichols has Mitsou Kamuri arrested for switching his wife Thelma's string of expensive blush pearls, but offers to absolve her if she breaks off her relationship with his son Grove. Then her uncle who made the pearls is murdered.
S3.E5 ∙ The Case of the Startled Stallion
Clara Hammon marries disabled "John Brant," but the bridegroom is really actor Earl Mauldin. Through a series of crafty moves, the real John Brant has gained control of everything that Jo Ann Blanchard and her brother Terry have inherited.
S3.E6 ∙ The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma
Perry Mason finds himself defending his private investigator Paul Drake against a charge of murder. It all began when Frank Thatcher hit a pedestrian walking on the side of the road and kills him. He hires Paul to payoff the widow.
S3.E7 ∙ The Case of the Golden Fraud
Sylvia Welles asks Rip Conners to bug her apartment to make a bogus tape as a joke. She asks Richard Vanaman over to explain an investment prospectus. He discovers the bug and makes threatening remarks, but Welles blames it on her husband.
S3.E8 ∙ The Case of the Bartered Bikini
A model is charged with murdering a fashion designer after trying to recover documents showing they had an affair. In addition she was found with drawings of the new fashions which are being stolen from the company to make knockoffs.
S3.E9 ∙ The Case of the Artful Dodger
Allen Sheridan's aunt comes to Los Angeles to find out why he won't pay her the monthly stipend his dad required. Meanwhile, Sheridan is scheming to cheat other people out of their money at the same time he comes into his full inheritance.
S3.E10 ∙ The Case of the Lucky Legs
In Cloverdale, Utah, Marjorie Cluny is chosen "Lucky Legs," but her boyfriend, Bob Doray, accuses the show's producer, Frank Patton, of running a bogus contest. Marjorie goes to Hollywood anyway and disappears followed by Patton's murder.
S3.E11 ∙ The Case of the Violent Village
Phil Beecher returns from a year in prison for vehicular manslaughter of Aggie Norris the sheriff's daughter. His wife Kathi forgives him, although the people of the town despise him. Phil is charged when sister Charlotte Norris is killed.
S3.E12 ∙ The Case of the Frantic Flyer
Howard Walters and his mistress, Janice Atkins, plan to rob Wade Taylor's company, blame Taylor's son, and fake Walters' death. Janice schemes with Roger Porter to double-cross Howard. Plans go amiss and Taylor's wife is charged with murder.
S3.E13 ∙ The Case of the Wayward Wife
Walking down the street, Korean War veteran Arthur Poe is shocked to see a book about the war displayed, 'written' by Ben Sutton who was with him in the war. The book is a bestseller but is actually based on a diary Poe kept in the war.
S3.E14 ∙ The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor
Perry takes on the case of Jefferson Pike who is referred to him by none other than DA Hamilton Burger. Pike and Burger are old friends - Pike once saved his life - and the D.A. officially removes himself from anything to do with the case.
S3.E15 ∙ The Case of the Gallant Grafter
The CEO of a company is in a proxy fight with another officer with a bad reputation. The CEO is forced to grant his wife a divorce to get her proxies. His opponent has the books checked which turns up a huge theft and a murder.
S3.E16 ∙ The Case of the Wary Wildcatter
A man is caught on camera killing his wife by pushing her over a cliff in a car. The photographer blackmails the man, bleeding him dry, as the man cons others by overselling ownership in a wildcat well. The con man is then murdered.
S3.E17 ∙ The Case of the Mythical Monkeys
A novelist sends her secretary to pick up a package at a remote cabin but in the driving rain her car becomes stuck. At a cabin a man denies knowing anything about a package but allows her to dry off. He disappears, and she finds a body.
S3.E18 ∙ The Case of the Singing Skirt
In Rowena, CA where draw poker is legal, Manning Ennis pays a casino manager, Slim Marcus, $60,000 to settle his losses. The only witness to the game is the singing cigarette girl, Betty Roberts. When Ennis' wife is killed, she is charged.
S3.E19 ∙ The Case of the Bashful Burro
Perry, looking for a roving prospector as a witness, runs into a young couple working a worthless gold mine. Their neighbor wants to buy the property but they refuse to sell. When the neighbor is murdered, the young owner is charged.
S3.E20 ∙ The Case of the Crying Cherub
When a Matisse painting is stolen from a museum, the finger is pointed at an assistant in the museum whose boyfriend is an artist as well as his estranged wife. The wife tries to blackmail the museum owner but is murdered after a fight.
S3.E21 ∙ The Case of the Nimble Nephew
A developer sets up a trap to catch one of his nephews who he suspects of stealing information for their own profit. When the trap catches no one but the information leaks, he turns to Perry. Perry finds the thief - dead in his garage.
S3.E22 ∙ The Case of the Madcap Modiste
A fashion designer on live TV negates a deal her husband/partner brokered with another firm. Later, before their fashion show she takes a pill with champagne provided by her husband and shortly falls to the floor saying she was poisoned.
S3.E23 ∙ The Case of the Slandered Submarine
Perry moves to military court to defend a submariner of two murders - one his wife. The second victim is an officer investigating the murder and in charge of approving a new device for the Navy from a company bought by his father-in-law.
S3.E24 ∙ The Case of the Ominous Outcast
A man travels to Outcast to thank a man who donated to the orphanage where he was raised but is turned away due to his looks by everyone but a man he met fishing. When the man he came to thank is murdered, he is charged with the crime.
S3.E25 ∙ The Case of the Irate Inventor
Inventor James Frazer thinks his wife Thelma is having an affair, so he leaves for three months to work on his aircraft anti-collision device. James returns home to find his locked workshop in flames and Thelma dead inside of a gunshot.
S3.E26 ∙ The Case of the Flighty Father
After funeral services for Louise Holbrook, her daughter, ten-million-dollar heiress Trudy, meets a man who claims to be her father, long-gone Jay Holbrook. The family head, old Cousin Lawrence King, is blind and cannot identify Holbrook.
S4.E1 ∙ The Case of the Treacherous Toupee
After a two-year absence, Hartley Basset returns to reclaim his company. His wife Sybil is at a stockholders' meeting to vote with company president Peter Dawson to restructure the business after charges that her husband embezzled funds.
S4.E2 ∙ The Case of the Credulous Quarry
In an unusual case, Perry clears his client from a hit-and-run homicide only to find him charged with first-degree murder instead. As a favor to another attorney, Perry's client had agreed to help cover up a hit-and-run accident for him.
S4.E3 ∙ The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker
Perry must defend the secretary of a client whose wife and his con-man nephew tried to blackmail him. The murdered nephew's body is burned in a cabin fire but the secretary who delivered the payoff money is charged with shooting him.
S4.E4 ∙ The Case of the Singular Double
A woman fed up with working as a mule carrying money for illegal activities fakes her own suicide to get away. When the money on her last trip turns up missing, she finds herself involved in the murder of the woman who picked up the money.
S4.E5 ∙ The Case of the Lavender Lipstick
At Caresse Cosmetics, Max Pompey fires Karen Lewis for allegedly selling new formulas to competitor Gabe Rawson. Karen goes missing and her boyfriend, Peter Nichols, consults Perry Mason. She may be hiding something from her childhood.
S4.E6 ∙ The Case of the Wandering Widow
Riley Morgan is freed from prison after a seaman comes forth after six years to confirm his alibi for a murder. However, the seaman indirectly tries to use Morgan's situation to blackmail the principals in the case and is murdered.
S4.E7 ∙ The Case of the Clumsy Clown
Four years after a half-owner of a circus is mauled by a tiger, the two owners are trying to buy out each other. Both are after a clown in the circus for the funds. The second owner is blackmailing him about his wife's second marriage.
S4.E8 ∙ The Case of the Provocative Protege
A renowned concert pianist with a disabled hand appears to commit suicide invalidating his life insurance. A fight starts over the future of his young protégé. When the suicide becomes a homicide, it is the protégé who is charged.
S4.E9 ∙ The Case of the Nine Dolls
As Perry prepares to go to Scotland on vacation, a little girl arrives in his office asking him to determine who she is. His search takes him to Switzerland where he meets a woman who becomes his client after a murder.
S4.E10 ∙ The Case of the Loquacious Liar
Judson Bailey is out to take control of the boat-building company once owned by his new wife Emma's late husband. He has Emma's proxy and can vote her shares. Bailey is found murdered, and Lester, Emma's son, is charged with the crime.
S4.E11 ∙ The Case of the Red Riding Boots
Everyone is against Burt Farwell marrying Rita Conover--especially his daughter, who is having severe problems over it. Rita is "no hit" with Burt's ranch hands, either. When Rita is murdered, the family tries to cover for one another.
S4.E12 ∙ The Case of the Larcenous Lady
When an important government job is offered to the Mayor of Upton, his wife will go to any lengths to help her husband get the job including putting her own illegal activities on hold and resorting to blackmail which ends with her murder.
S4.E13 ∙ The Case of the Envious Editor
A new CEO has taken over control of a declining magazine with the intent to change it over the objections of the founder's son. The CEO, ruthlessly using blackmail to get what he wants, is murdered. The wife of the founder's son is charged.
S4.E14 ∙ The Case of the Resolute Reformer
A drunken playboy is in a hit-and-run accident. Peter's attempt to help the victim by buying his property finds Peter putting his father, who is the county engineer, in a compromised situation on a project when no victim turns up.
S4.E15 ∙ The Case of the Fickle Fortune
While conducting an inventory of a home whose owner died intestate, tax official Ralph Duncan comes across $153,000 in very old currency hidden under a drawer. The money is stolen from his briefcase so he consults Perry Mason.
S4.E16 ∙ The Case of the Waylaid Wolf
An aggressive playboy has a steno work late, sabotages her car, and then offers her a ride and dinner. He detours them to a Malibu beach house where he makes heavy advances. She runs away and takes his car but he is found dead later.
S4.E17 ∙ The Case of the Wintry Wife
A cold-hearted woman refuses to give her husband a divorce. His new invention gives him financial independence so his request for a divorce causes his wife to plan the destruction of the invention and his girlfriend but she is the victim.
S4.E18 ∙ The Case of the Angry Dead Man
A man who nearly drowns learns it is believed he is dead. Because he recently found he is dying, he decides to stay dead so his wife can collect his insurance. However, she is charged later when he is found shot dead after calling her.
S4.E19 ∙ The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff
The Kincannon family jewels are all the family has left and son James needs to sell them but the manager at Slade's jewelry refuses to allow the sale. James is charged with his murder after the jewels are stolen by the blinded manager.
S4.E20 ∙ The Case of the Barefaced Witness
When a man, jailed for embezzling from his bank is released, a girl he knows returns to their hometown to have him clear her name. She asks Paul to back her up so, when the man is found murdered, Perry is called in by Paul to defend her.
S4.E21 ∙ The Case of the Difficult Detour
Mallory Construction Co. is set to finish a road project on time and at a profit when the owner Pete learns he has trespassed, forcing a shutdown and bankruptcy. After learning he was swindled, Pete goes after the swindler who is murdered.
S4.E22 ∙ The Case of the Cowardly Lion
Tony Osgood is accused of killing a dentist helping treat a lion after he is found dead at the zoo. Osgood's girlfriend working at the zoo had been sponsored to enter the US from Germany by the dentist who has a mysterious background.
S4.E23 ∙ The Case of the Torrid Tapestry
Claude Demay is framed for burning an art collection in Brazil by Leonard Voss. After five years in prison, Demay returns to LA where he plots revenge using a copy of a tapestry he wove in prison. But, when Voss is murdered, he is charged.
S4.E24 ∙ The Case of the Violent Vest
Herman Albright, who has a crush on the model he handles for an agency, asks his wife for a divorce when her gambling debts become too much. He agrees to perform a favor to pay the debt. It results in his murder and the model is charged.
S4.E25 ∙ The Case of the Misguided Missile
Major Jerry Reynolds, who supervises missile development, is looking to leave the Air Force. Due to launch failures, the Air Force sends an investigator, who happens to have a grudge against Reynolds. When he is murdered, Jerry is charged.
S4.E26 ∙ The Case of the Duplicate Daughter
Carter Gilman hires Perry to investigate a female private detective he believes is blackmailing his wife. When Perry calls Paul to look into it, Paul tells him the woman was found murdered. Gilman is charged as she was killed in his shop.
S4.E27 ∙ The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather
A grandfather tries to warn his grandson, David, to stay away from a woman who was the secretary to the boy's dead uncle. David persists in helping her pay off her husband, who is blackmailing her. When he is found dead, David is charged.
S4.E28 ∙ The Case of the Guilty Clients
Jeff Bronson's aircraft company is betting on the success of a new plane but after it crashes in a test flight, attention becomes focused on the test pilot, who is seeing Jeff's ex-wife. When he is murdered, Jeff is charged.
S5.E1 ∙ The Case of the Jealous Journalist
After the death of a newspaper publisher, the failing company is split between two families; one led by Joe Davies. He is engaged to marry a step-niece who owns the tiebreaker shares. After breaking the engagement, she is found murdered.
S5.E2 ∙ The Case of the Impatient Partner
Amory Fallon returns after a long business trip to Mexico to find one of his plants burned and with a very suspicious mind. He doesn't go home and seems to trust no one. When his partner is found murdered, he is charged with the murder.
S5.E3 ∙ The Case of the Missing Melody
Polly Courtland leaves Eddy King at the altar but refuses to say why. He asks Perry, a friend of her family, to find out why, but Perry has little luck. When Eddy learns that someone blackmailing Polly is murdered, he tries to help her.
S5.E4 ∙ The Case of the Malicious Mariner
Jerry Griffin signs onto a freighter that nearly sinks in a storm until he takes command when the captain is hurt. The captain is furious with him for dumping the cargo. When the captain is found murdered, Jerry is charged with it.
S5.E5 ∙ The Case of the Crying Comedian
Comedian Charlie Hatch has 'made it big' and wants to protect his girlfriend who married a man who confined her to a sanitarium to take control of her money. After threatening to kill the man, he is found murdered and Charlie is charged.
S5.E6 ∙ The Case of the Meddling Medium
A cousin, Philip Paisley, moves into the family home when his ability to communicate in a trance with the dead son of the matriarch, Sylvia Walker, gets her interest. When he is murdered, Perry must contend with whether his client has ESP.
S5.E7 ∙ The Case of the Pathetic Patient
Dr. Edley is accused of malpractice by a man who wants $5,000 to settle the case. Due to a fire burning some x-rays, he tries to find another doctor's records. His wife's ex-boyfriend tells him to settle but ends up murdered.
S5.E8 ∙ The Case of the Travelling Treasure
Scot Cahill has a contract with Karl Magovern to take his party to kelp beds near Mexico each weekend. Magovern canceled but suddenly decides to go. Perry is called when Magovern is found murdered and suspected of smuggling stolen gold.
S5.E9 ∙ The Case of the Posthumous Painter
Jack Culross decides to fake his suicide to increase the value of his paintings. His wife leaves the country so he is able to finish his unfinished work with the assistance of his agent. His wife returns only to be charged with his murder.
S5.E10 ∙ The Case of the Injured Innocent
Walter Eastman is putting money behind the development of a rotary engine and it has yet to prove itself on the racetrack. The young Italian test driver deliberately crashes the car, and later ends up dead. Perry has to defend Eastman.
S5.E11 ∙ The Case of the Left-Handed Liar
Ex-jock Ward Nichols works at Health House and is engaged to Casey Daniels whose guardian Bernard Daniels owns it and is a stickler. Fellow employee Veronica Temple is blackmailing Ward. Bernard is murdered and Ward is blamed.
S5.E12 ∙ The Case of the Brazen Bequest
Dr. Charles Cromwell is preparing to accept a large gift for Euclid College when a woman from his past makes a drunken appearance. He learns the donor's aide is behind her appearance. When the aide is found dead, Cromwell is charged.
S5.E13 ∙ The Case of the Renegade Refugee
Harlan Merrill is acting strangely at the same time a reporter reveals he is looking for an escaped Nazi among the executives of an aerospace company. Merrill tries to see Mason but misses him. When the reporter is killed, he is charged.
S5.E14 ∙ The Case of the Unwelcome Bride
Greg Frazer is the son of a successful investment manager who is disappointed Greg has led a wasted life and married the entertainer Sue Ellen. When Greg is found murdered with her standing over the body holding a knife, she is charged.
S5.E15 ∙ The Case of the Roving River
Judy Bryant is an independent girl who becomes her own worst enemy. She is involved in a land dispute that her long-lost stepfather can help with but he needs $10,000. When the package with the money she delivers explodes, she is charged.
S5.E16 ∙ The Case of the Shapely Shadow
Janice Wainwright is a dedicated secretary to Morley Theilman who becomes concerned when she learns he is being blackmailed. Perry advises her to follow through with her instructions but it results in her being charged with his murder.
S5.E17 ∙ The Case of the Captain's Coins
For decades two branches of the Farraday family have quarreled about which branch of the family should control it. Philip Andrews, engaged to one of the "have-nots," is charged with murder after already being accused of fraud in the case.
S5.E18 ∙ The Case of the Tarnished Trademark
Axel Norstaad is a Dane who has built a furniture business around old-world craftsmanship. He is fulfilling his dream to sell the shop and using the proceeds to build a children's hospital. However, the buyer is a con man who is murdered.
S5.E19 ∙ The Case of the Glamorous Ghost
A dazed woman found in a park in a raincoat says she has amnesia but her story makes no sense. She supposedly eloped with a man who is ultimately found dead in the same park. When she is charged, Perry has to dig deep to find the truth.
S5.E20 ∙ The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal
Peter Gregson's aunt is murdered after she investigates a company leak that may involve Peter's old secretary, Karen Ross. Karen travels to San Francisco to see the aunt and, ultimately, is charged with her murder due to pen-pal letters.
S5.E21 ∙ The Case of the Mystified Miner
Naïve secretary Susan Fisher, working overtime, tries to help her boss' employer who comes to town to check the books but digs herself deeper into trouble. She is charged with murder when another company employee is found dead.
S5.E22 ∙ The Case of the Crippled Cougar
Mike Preston was crippled in an oil well accident he blames on Hugh Jamison who he believes also stole $100,000. He and his partner, Harlow Phipps, set a devious trap for Jamison but when Phipps is murdered, it is Preston who is charged.
S5.E23 ∙ The Case of the Absent Artist
Pete Manders is given a chance to buy the cartoon strip he works on for only $10,000. However, when he learns it is the booby prize for having his girlfriend leave with the seller, he is enraged and charged when the seller is murdered.
S5.E24 ∙ The Case of the Melancholy Marksman
Ted Chase appears to those around him to be losing his grip on reality. His first wife committed suicide and his second wife is destroying his life but he can't divorce her due to a prenup. When she is murdered, he is charged.
S5.E25 ∙ The Case of the Angry Astronaut
Mitch Heller is having emotional problems doing his job as a test astronaut at a private company. The problems become worse when a new man taking over is the general who fired Heller from the Mercury program. Heller is charged with murder.
S5.E26 ∙ The Case of the Borrowed Baby
Perry and Della find a baby in his office leading Della to be a mom and Perry trying to find the mother. He finds another man is also trying to sell information about the baby. When he is found dead, the mother looks to be guilty.
S5.E27 ∙ The Case of the Counterfeit Crank
Gus Dalgran has been acting strangely and his business is suffering from someone embezzling. As things spiral out of his control, his nephew decides to have him declared incompetent. When the nephew is murdered, Gus is charged.
S5.E28 ∙ The Case of the Ancient Romeo
A new actress takes over the part of Juliet in a theater company's L.A. show, upsetting the members. Steve Brock is especially upset when his girlfriend loses the part. He is charged when the theater company owner is killed after a fight scene with him.
S5.E29 ∙ The Case of the Promoter's Pillbox
Herbert Simms wants to be a screenwriter instead of a pharmacist. When his script is stolen by an unscrupulous producer, he steals his script back. When he tries to put it back, he stumbles into the producer's dead body and is charged.
S5.E30 ∙ The Case of the Lonely Eloper
Merle Telford is nearly 21 but her guardian's overbearing wife relentlessly infantilizes her so she has a youngster's personality. She plans to elope after her birthday but she's charged when her aunt is murdered, and diamonds are stolen.
S6.E1 ∙ The Case of the Bogus Books
Demure Ellen Carter works at a relative's bookstore. When a book is found missing, he fires Ellen who is concerned she might be arrested. During a visit with him, Perry notices a first edition. When the owner is murdered, Ellen is charged.
S6.E2 ∙ The Case of the Capricious Corpse
Joane Proctor and her boyfriend are concerned what will happen to a home for disabled children when Carleton Gage dies. When they find one of the heirs dead, the boyfriend concocts an idea that backfires when Joane is charged with murder.
S6.E3 ∙ The Case of the Playboy Pugilist
Jimmy West believes he has a great fighter but when Tod Richards takes over the fighter's contract and hires Jimmy as trainer, Jimmy doesn't realize what he walked into. Jimmy is in the middle of a blackmail scheme and charged with murder.
S6.E4 ∙ The Case of the Double-Entry Mind
Perry's friend Beth Sandover is in a strained marriage so she asks Perry for help. When the woman who took her job is murdered, she is charged as her husband tries to preserve the $201,000 he embezzled from the company where they worked.
S6.E5 ∙ The Case of the Hateful Hero
Lt. Andy Anderson has a cousin who is moving from the beat to a patrol car partnered with Andy's old friend. The friend is killed when they respond to a burglary. When the security guard is killed later, Andy's cousin is charged.
S6.E6 ∙ The Case of the Dodging Domino
Damion White married an actress who has an offer to return to work that involves a great song. However, she recognizes the song which has been plagiarized multiple times. Her husband is one of those involved and is charged with murder.
S6.E7 ∙ The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle
Merchant seaman Harry Fothergill arrives in the U.S. with his mate Dickie to visit Dickie's brother and his family. Broke Dickie creates a will leaving a small fortune to Harry and his niece. When Dickie is murdered, Harry is charged.
S6.E8 ∙ The Case of the Stand-In Sister
John Gregory is caught in a trap when his mobster-brother escapes and wants the money he put in a trust fund for his daughter. At the same time the manager of the trust fund tries to blackmail Gregory about it and is murdered.
S6.E9 ∙ The Case of the Weary Watchdog
Della is on the hook to Perry for $25,000 but more importantly may go to prison for helping a friend charged with murder who was being blackmailed. Perry must not only prove his client but his trusted secretary innocent as well.
S6.E10 ∙ The Case of the Lurid Letter
On vacation, Perry decides to help Jane Wardman, who had been kind to him. She is a high-school teacher and widow accused of inappropriate behavior with some of her senior students. With the whole town against her, only Perry believes her.
S6.E11 ∙ The Case of the Fickle Filly
Jennifer Wakely is upset her uncle sold her prize horse after her dad died. Given a chance to get her back, she is interrupted by the man who bought the horse. Right after their run in, he is found dead killed by the tool she used.
S6.E12 ∙ The Case of the Polka Dot Pony
Maureen Thomas is contacted by Burt Renshaw who believes he can put her in contact with the mother who abandoned her. An inheritance is involved and James Grove has found another Maureen. When Renshaw is murdered, Maureen Thomas is charged.
S6.E13 ∙ The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
Virginia Trent is having a bad day. Her Aunt is shoplifting, her Uncle George is missing, and diamonds are missing from George's business. When her aunt is charged with murdering an old friend who is a diamond agent, Perry is needed.
S6.E14 ∙ The Case of the Bluffing Blast
Linda Blake arrives in Ladera looking for her father only to find he has been dead for several years. His death occurred with suspicions that Charles Lambert killed him. When his alibi, Floyd Grant, is murdered, Linda is charged.
S6.E15 ∙ The Case of the Prankish Professor
Laura Hewes' divorce is nearly complete. After an experiment in his class, her husband learns she is in town staying with another couple. A plagiarism charge compounds his problems. When he is murdered, Laura is charged.
S6.E16 ∙ The Case of Constant Doyle
After the death of her husband and partner, Joe Doyle, Constant Doyle takes on a case involving a young man who knew her husband. Constant asks for Perry's help, and he suggests she hire the Paul Drake Detective Agency to aid in the case.
S6.E17 ∙ The Case of the Libelous Locket
Janice Norland turns to her law professor when she thinks she killed a man. When there is no body, they assume all is okay but she is soon the target of blackmail. When the man turns up dead, she is charged so the professor defends her.
S6.E18 ∙ The Case of the Two-Faced Turn-a-bout
Elihu Laban, a political refugee from the Balkans, hopes to obtain the papers from a leader who supposedly committed suicide. He and a group assemble a plan using a former member of the OSS. When the seller is killed, he is charged.
S6.E19 ∙ The Case of the Surplus Suitor
Hollis Wilburn's main problem is deciding between two beaus who are also after a franchise from her uncle. Her problems grow when her uncle is first blackmailed and then murdered. Being in line to inherit his estate, she is charged.
S6.E20 ∙ The Case of the Golden Oranges
Sandra Keller has agreed to sell her grandfather's orange orchard to a developer for mall parking. When the grandfather changes his mind, the deal is off but a lot of people will be hurt. When the developer is shot, she is charged.
S6.E21 ∙ The Case of the Lawful Lazarus
Trevor Harris has returned home after 10 years as his wife is dying and he wants to ensure his children have a good home with Jill Garson instead of family patriarch Edgar Thorne. However, when Thorne is shot, Harris is charged.
S6.E22 ∙ The Case of the Velvet Claws
Eva Belter is caught in a photo leaving an illegal gambling club with a politician. Fearing she will be blackmailed, she asks Perry for help but she seems dishonest and tries to incriminate Perry. Her murdered husband is the blackmailer.
S6.E23 ∙ The Case of the Lover's Leap
Roy Comstock is handling the finances in a real estate deal with Peter Brent. However, his divorce has distracted him so Peter is worried about losing his land. Roy supposedly commits suicide but Peter is charged with his murder.
S6.E24 ∙ The Case of the Elusive Element
Dwight Garrett is the absent-minded brains of a floundering high-tech partnership with Austin Lloyd who is more of a con-artist. In an attempt to save himself, Lloyd tries to frame Garrett for his murder but the murder becomes real.
S6.E25 ∙ The Case of the Greek Goddess
Sculptor John Kenyon returns from Greece with a beautiful model and her mother. Kenyon becomes very irritated with the both of them when the mother interferes with his attempts to court the model. When the mother is killed, he is charged.
S6.E26 ∙ The Case of the Skeleton's Closet
Margaret Layton is deeply worried that ex-husband and author Richard Harris will publish a trashy novel because of its effect on their daughters. When she visits him, she is heard threatening to kill him and fires a gun found in his desk.
S6.E27 ∙ The Case of the Potted Planter
Nelson Tarr bought a small-town radio station on a recommendation from his friend Andrea Walden, who is married to the owner, but her husband believes the rumors about her infidelity, so when he is murdered, Nelson is charged.
S6.E28 ∙ The Case of the Witless Witness
Judge Daniel Redmond has been nominated to run for Lt. Governor for his high level of integrity and respect. However, he is soon forced to turn it down when he's accused of fraud and murdering the witness against him.
S7.E1 ∙ The Case of the Nebulous Nephew
John Brooks arrives at the elderly Stone sisters' home saying he knew a nephew who was declared illegitimate as a youth. Due to his recall of facts they think he is really their nephew. Ernest Stone is murdered in a tangled web of deceit.
S7.E2 ∙ The Case of the Shifty Shoe-Box
Sylvia Thompson works with a shady manager at a trucking company and looks after a young boy and her derelict brother. A robbery attempt and murder at the depot, plus the books showing possible theft, have Sylvia charged with murder.
S7.E3 ∙ The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito
Called in by Banning Grant, Perry learns that con artists have been selling phony gold mines. To find out who's responsible, Paul disguises himself as a prospector. When a local is murdered, Perry solves the case during a coroner's inquest.
S7.E4 ∙ The Case of the Deadly Verdict
In a very rare occurrence, Perry Mason loses a case when Janice Barton is convicted of murdering her aunt and is subsequently sentenced to death. After the verdict, Perry still investigates to try to find the real killer among the heirs.
S7.E5 ∙ The Case of the Decadent Dean
Dr. Aaron Stuart runs a prep school but, lately, he is running into a string of problems at the school that endanger its future. Eventually, he finds that his friend, Tobin Wade, is the cause. Stuart is accused of killing Wade - twice.
S7.E6 ∙ The Case of the Reluctant Model
Maxine Lindsay, aspiring artist and model but naive, becomes embroiled in a law suit about whether a painting is a fake. She repeats the comments of Colin Durant about the painting. Durant is found shot in her shower, so she is charged.
S7.E7 ∙ The Case of the Bigamous Spouse
Encyclopedia saleswoman Gwynn Elston has moved in with her friend, Nell Grimes, and her new husband Felton. Gwynn spots a picture in a customer's home and realizes Felton is a bigamist. When Felton is found dead, Gwynn is the prime suspect.
S7.E8 ∙ The Case of the Floating Stones
Juli Eng is in Hong Kong after her grandfather's death who had left her a small fortune in diamonds but they are missing. She trails two men by ship to San Francisco where she is caught leaving the office of one them who is stabbed.
S7.E9 ∙ The Case of the Festive Felon
Before a woman dies, she leaves a certified check for $1,000,000 to her nurse which the family and their lawyer try to hide and contest. Perry is hired to obtain the check and then defend her daughter who is charged with killing the lawyer.
S7.E10 ∙ The Case of the Devious Delinquent
Young Tim Balfour has returned to live with his grandfather after his parents were killed in Italy. Tim Sr. has high hopes for grandson but Tim seems to have fallen in with a hoodlum who blackmails him. In a fight, Tim's gun goes off.
S7.E11 ∙ The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang
Grover Johnson and his wife Eula have a rural ranch with a big mortgage. Eula wants to leave but no one wants to pay enough to make it worthwhile to sell until a rich Texan says it is what he wants. When Eula is killed, Grover is charged.
S7.E12 ∙ The Case of the Badgered Brother
Todd Baylor has a chance to inherit half of his father's chain of stores with his brother Martin. His chance depends on an exclusive dress brand but Martin spoils his plans. When Todd goes to confront Martin, Martin is stabbed to death.
S7.E13 ∙ The Case of the Wednesday Woman
Phillip Stewart, about to be released from prison, has been refusing to see his wife. A $500,000 diamond was stolen at the business where he worked. After he is released, he is charged with killing a detective who is looking for the gem.
S7.E14 ∙ The Case of the Accosted Accountant
Ed Lewis, a vice president, is in a fight with his father-in-law B.K. over the future of Vero-Plastics. Ed thinks B.K. is embezzling and under the control of Leslie Ross. When B.K. is murdered, Ed is seen throwing away the weapon.
S7.E15 ∙ The Case of the Capering Camera
Model Judith Blair confronts photographer Jacob Kadar about returning negatives used for blackmail. She pulls his own gun to threaten him when he is shot by someone outside. Her photo is taken showing her holding the gun on him.
S7.E16 ∙ The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands
Nancy Banks comes to Perry wanting him to redeem bets at the horse track for her. When he does, he learns her brother is wanted for embezzlement by his boss Marvin Fremont. When Fremont is found dead in her room, she is charged.
S7.E17 ∙ The Case of the Bountiful Beauty
Deborah Dearborn unwittingly wrote a very successful book that is based on true stories her boyfriend told her about his step-mother, Stephanie Carew. Stephanie tries to force a big payment from Deborah and turns up murdered.
S7.E18 ∙ The Case of the Nervous Neighbor
Charles Fuller hires Paul to find his mother. Paul does but she is wanted for murdering her husband. Due to amnesia from the incident, Perry gets her off but then Charles is charged with murder of the man who tried to cheat him and his mom.
S7.E19 ∙ The Case of the Fifty Millionth Frenchman
Phillipe Bertain has loaned $5,000 to fellow Frenchwoman Ninette Rovel to get away from her abusive husband. However, when the money is not repaid, he tracks down her husband only to be ignored by him. The husband is then murdered.
S7.E20 ∙ The Case of the Frightened Fisherman
Randolph James and his partner have developed a new antibiotic that could make them wealthy but a competitor wants to buy the company. Randolph discovers his wife is helping the competitor. When she is run down, Randolph is charged.
S7.E21 ∙ The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist
Carey York is a retired fire chief who owns a warehouse that is burned by an arsonist and kills a manager. A TV reporter accuses York of setting the fire. York hires Perry to sue for slander but York is charged when the reporter is killed.
S7.E22 ∙ The Case of the Garrulous Go-Between
Paul is concerned for Amy Scott, who hired him to find a man and visits a fortuneteller regularly. He finds the fortuneteller has been partners with Amy's landlord in scams in the past. When the landlord turns up murdered, Amy is charged.
S7.E23 ∙ The Case of the Woeful Widower
Perry defends two clients: first, housekeeper Nellie Conway for theft; secondly, the stepsister of the murder victim, who stands to inherit her estate. The problem is that all fingers point to the husband as being the killer.
S7.E24 ∙ The Case of the Simple Simon
Ramona Carver is an actress with a traveling four-person show. A young man has come forward claiming to be her son she put up for adoption. She asks Perry to help turn him away. At a later stop, a critic is killed and she is charged.
S7.E25 ∙ The Case of the Illicit Illusion
Rosanne Ambrose visits her friend, Dr. Jesse Young, to see why she feels like she is losing her sanity. She can't remember things, which is affecting her work. When an associate of her husband is killed, she is charged with it.
S7.E26 ∙ The Case of the Antic Angel
William Sherwood, a recovering alcoholic, thinks he sees his dead wife Ruth leaving a bar. The experience causes him to start drinking, and he contacts Perry because she died in a plane crash. Then she turns up dead--again.
S7.E27 ∙ The Case of the Careless Kidnapper
Gregory Pelham, a doctor and professor, comes home to learn that his son has been kidnapped and his wife accidentally killed a boy involved. Gregory tries to cover for his wife as he is also trying to cover another problem: blackmail.
S7.E28 ∙ The Case of the Drifting Dropout
Barry Davis is a young man trying to find his way in life. He has been working for a partner of his dead uncle who rides him to work harder. Fed up, he quits and is hired to investigate his uncle and the former boss who is murdered.
S7.E29 ∙ The Case of the Tandem Target
Con Bolton is a poor club singer hoping to save enough to marry Irma Hodge, who hopes to inherit money from her dead father. But her stepfather is standing in the way of both events. Con is charged when the stepfather is murdered.
S7.E30 ∙ The Case of the Ugly Duckling
Alice Trilling can inherit her deceased father's toy company empire only if she marries by her next birthday. Her uncle, who runs the firm, has tried to introduce her to men. He is found dead after arguing with Alice after his latest plan.
S8.E1 ∙ The Case of the Missing Button
Dirk Blake is in a tug of war with his wife over their daughter Button. He feels she is an unfit mother. He asked Vince Rome to obtain info to be used to fight his wife. Dirk is charged with murdering Vince after they are seen fighting.
S8.E2 ∙ The Case of the Paper Bullets
Jason Foster is running for senator but his teenage sister, whom he looks after, has fallen for Jason's opponent's stepson. When the stepson is murdered, Jason's wife is charged.
S8.E3 ∙ The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor
While wealthy Mona Stanton Harvey is away, her husband tries to get access to $10,000 to pay a blackmailer. He uses his model to concoct his own blackmail scheme but it backfires when the model is murdered and Mona is charged with it.
S8.E4 ∙ The Case of the Sleepy Slayer
Bruce Jay works as a secretary for the old curmudgeon, Abner Gordon, who has promised him $50,000. When Abner is killed, the spotlight is on his niece at the beginning as she shot him. But he was dead beforehand, so Bruce is charged.
S8.E5 ∙ The Case of the Betrayed Bride
Marie Claudel trails her husband to the USA from France, as he left her and illegally married a wealthy heiress. When he is killed, she is charged as everyone begs Perry to help her. He must contend with very daffy and devious people.
S8.E6 ∙ The Case of the Nautical Knot
Joanna Monford is a nurse tending to Rick Scott in Mexico. When Rick's brother appears saying there are problems with their uncle, Rick decides to return to L.A. and marry Joanna, but the uncle is killed and Joanna is charged.
S8.E7 ∙ The Case of the Bullied Bowler
Paul's friend, Bill Jaris, and his brother are fighting the matron of their town to keep their bowling alley open. She uses a health outbreak as an excuse to close it but the county health inspector is murdered. Bill is charged.
S8.E8 ∙ The Case of a Place Called Midnight
While in Europe, Perry makes a side trip, meeting the girlfriend of a family friend who's in the Army. He also meets an interesting group of characters. When an officer is murdered, his friend is suspected; Perry helps unravel the mystery.
S8.E9 ∙ The Case of the Tragic Trophy
Movie producer Anthony Fry returns from Mexico supposedly engaged to aspiring actress Kathy Anders. In reality, she is trying to clear her father, who Fry claimed worked drunk on a film. When Fry is murdered, Kathy is seen leaving the site.
S8.E10 ∙ The Case of the Reckless Rockhound
Reba Burgess has kept a small mine functioning, which helps keep the locals in Burgess, California working, based on diamonds she found herself. When her dead husband's ex-partner returns, he wants half the diamonds but instead is killed.
S8.E11 ∙ The Case of the Latent Lover
Roy Galen is the head of the probation department so, when his friend's husband is arrested, he agrees to help by asking to have him examined. The husband says Roy is having an affair with his wife so, when she is killed, he is charged.
S8.E12 ∙ The Case of the Wooden Nickels
Minerva Doubleday asks Paul to complete a secretive deal for her uncle involving the sale of a rare coin. Paul follows the instructions but finds himself at the uncle's shop where he stumbles into Minerva over a man shot to death.
S8.E13 ∙ The Case of the Blonde Bonanza
The gorgeous Dianne Adler is a friend of Della who has quit her job when a man signed her to a modeling contract that Perry discovers allows the agent to take half of any money she comes into. When the agent is murdered she is charged.
S8.E14 ∙ The Case of the Ruinous Road
Adam Conrad, a junior engineer for a construction firm having cost issues, is uncovering issues with boss Joe Marshall. Joe frames Adam for embezzling causing Adam to go looking for Joe. Joe is murdered with Adam seen leaving the scene.
S8.E15 ∙ The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer
Backwoods Amy Jo Jennings arrives in LA to start a singing career. She is spotted by an agent who signs the naive girl to a contract. In reality she is a wealthy target of whom the agent takes advantage. When he is killed, she is charged.
S8.E16 ∙ The Case of the Thermal Thief
Lona Upton is tired of hearing her half-sister memorialize her dead husband so when Maxine Nichols arrives to return Lona's purse, she takes in Maxine as a friend. After Maxine steals a necklace and is murdered, Lona is charged with it.
S8.E17 ∙ The Case of the Golden Venom
Lucille Forrest returns home after a year in Europe. Her husband died a year earlier and her son was killed before that. She believes her son was murdered and wants revenge. However, she is charged with killing the man she thinks did it.
S8.E18 ∙ The Case of the Telltale Tap
Clyde Darrell is a young rising accountant at a company where the CEO's secretary has fallen in love with him. When she learns Clyde loves the niece of the CEO, she turns on him. After they have argued, she is found murdered.
S8.E19 ∙ The Case of the Feather Cloak
While in Hawaii to check on property for a hotel development, Perry is asked to help Anona Gilbert, who owns a critical piece of property. Her fiancé, who is involved in a scheme involving the land, breaks their engagement and is murdered.
S8.E20 ∙ The Case of the Lover's Gamble
Betty Kaster is offered the chance to live with her professor and his wife, who is recovering from an accident. She becomes suspicious that he may try to harm his wife who is set to inherit $2,000,000. When he is murdered, she is charged.
S8.E21 ∙ The Case of the Fatal Fetish
Larry Germaine, asst. D.A. to Burger, has a girlfriend with expensive tastes. She is disliked by his mother and becomes a tool to make it look like Larry is messing with a legal case. He's seen over her body stabbed with his mother's prop.
S8.E22 ∙ The Case of the Sad Sicilian
Italian Paulo Porro is seeing the sights and getting around by visiting Italian families. He visits the Bacio family which stirs up a family feud. The elder Bacio is killed and he is charged.
S8.E23 ∙ The Case of the Murderous Mermaid
Paul meets aspiring actress Reggie Lansfield, who is game for stunts that will get her recognized. When she agrees to fill in for a famous female swimmer who is too ill to swim, the stunt blows up with the woman dead and Reggie charged.
S8.E24 ∙ The Case of the Careless Kitten
A frustrated Helen Kendall is living with her Aunt Matilda. She receives a call one night from a man claiming to be Matilda's husband, who has been missing for 10 years. Perry goes with her to meet him but they find another man - dead.
S8.E25 ∙ The Case of the Deadly Debt
Danny Talbert, an LA cop, resigns when a mobster he is investigating contacts his family after Danny's dad dies. Danny's brother, Carl, works in his club and has been in trouble before. Danny is seen by Perry leaving the dead man's cabin.
S8.E26 ∙ The Case of the Gambling Lady
Peter Warren owns a novelty company and is divorcing his wife, who has developed a gambling habit. She becomes involved in a scheme to pass chips at Nevada casinos with evidence Peter made them. When she is murdered, Peter is charged.
S8.E27 ∙ The Case of the Duplicate Case
Herbie Cornwall is a retired baseball player who is now working as a shoe insert salesman and not doing well while his gorgeous wife is an accountant at a store. After a fire in her office, she is murdered and her husband is charged.
S8.E28 ∙ The Case of the Grinning Gorilla
Perry helps Josephine Kempton after Della buys the diary of a girl who committed suicide. Her ex-boss has been telling people she is a thief so she sued him. Perry must rescue her from a gorilla trapping her with her dead boss.
S8.E29 ∙ The Case of the Wrongful Writ
Ward Toyama is approached by a man claiming to be a government agent asking Ward to use his father's export business to help in a secret project. Ward comes to find the man is a first mate on a ship. When he is murdered, Ward is charged.
S8.E30 ∙ The Case of the Mischievous Doll
Dorrie Ambler bursts into Perry's office so he can verify who she is. She won't give details but says she is mixed up in some scheme. Della spots a gun in her purse. When the man who hired her is killed, she is charged. But, who is she?
S9.E1 ∙ The Case of the Laughing Lady
Carla Chaney is in jail awaiting her trial for murder. She has fired or lost multiple attorneys so Perry is given her case. She tells him about proof she didn't commit the murder but even Perry has a hard time believing her story.
S9.E2 ∙ The Case of the Fatal Fortune
A fortune teller tells Pat Kean that she will get married but it will end tragically. She later marries her boss, Max Armstead, a client and good friend of Mason's. However, a few weeks later, Max dies from an apparent case of poisoning.
S9.E3 ∙ The Case of the Candy Queen
Candy Queen Claire Armstrong is in the midst of life-changing events. She fires the man who made her business and falls for a gambler she trusts - too much. When her secret recipe is stolen, a casino owner is killed and she is charged.
S9.E4 ∙ The Case of the Cheating Chancellor
Van Fowler is an instructor at Perry's alma mater. He is working on his PhD with Dr. Stuart Logan. Logan is taking advantage of Van by claiming credit for their combined work. When Logan is found dead with Van by the body, he is charged.
S9.E5 ∙ The Case of the Impetuous Imp
Diana Carter is assisted from the water after stealing a message in a bottle from her dead aunt's home. She believes the man her aunt married murdered her. Perry must first defend her for theft but when the man is killed, she is charged.
S9.E6 ∙ The Case of the Carefree Coronary
Perry Mason is called in to investigate why an insurance company is near bankruptcy due to excessive claims. He calls in a claimant who appears to be healthy but dies when forced to come in for an exam, putting Perry in the hot seat.
S9.E7 ∙ The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner
Lucas Tolliver asks Perry for a will for his wife-to-be, which seems odd. When a dating service contacts Perry about Lucas, Perry looks deeper into his history. Lucas isn't what he says he is and is blamed when his new wife is killed.
S9.E8 ∙ The Case of the 12th Wildcat
Wealthy Ellen Payne is the primary owner of the Wildcats football team. Her husband, Burt, owns ten percent. He was a successful college player but is now a drunk gambler who causes grief for everyone. When he is killed, she is charged.
S9.E9 ∙ The Case of the Wrathful Wraith
Perry successfully defends Louise Selff when she is charged with killing her husband. The pressure of the trial has affected Louise so when strange things happen, it appears she killed him again when it turns out he was still alive.
S9.E10 ∙ The Case of the Runaway Racer
Pete Griston is a race car driver in a new partnership. After the fact, he asked Perry to look it over and he discovers problems. When Pete has an accident in a test car, it starts a series of events leading to the murder of his partner.
S9.E11 ∙ The Case of the Silent Six
Susan Wolfe is beaten within an inch of her life while her neighbors sit and do nothing. Her overprotective brother, Dave, an L.A. police detective, runs to the apartment to check on his sister and is knocked unconscious as a man is killed.
S9.E12 ∙ The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein
Perry is asked to help get a scientist's granddaughter out of East Germany so she can live with her mother's parents. A go-between is murdered during negotiations and the scientist's wife is charged, so Perry defends her in East Germany.
S9.E13 ∙ The Case of the Baffling Bug
Dr. Todd Meade works for a company developing a new secret process. The company hires Paul to ensure security for a meeting but the details leak. Meade had worked for the competition so, when a man is killed in his lab, he is charged.
S9.E14 ∙ The Case of the Golden Girls
Victor Montalvo picks up a young lady hitchhiking which results in being blackmailed by her. He is part owner of a storied men's club but a new co-owner is changing the format. When he is killed, Victor is charged and she is a key witness.
S9.E15 ∙ The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers
Ex-con Tony Polk is given a job playing a TV pirate giving gifts to selected viewers. He arrives at an address where an angry woman answers wanting her money. He fights to leave and an eye witness identifies him as her killer.
S9.E16 ∙ The Case of the Midnight Howler
Perry is Burger's primary witness against his client, Holly Andrews, as he ran into her as she left the scene of the crime. Her ex-husband is out to destroy her friends and take their child from her; plus the murder was heard on the radio.
S9.E17 ∙ The Case of the Vanishing Victim
Miriam Fielding is charged with poisoning her husband when he is killed in a plane he was piloting. They had a rocky marriage and she suspects him of stealing money from his company. Perry suspects the murder may not be what it appears.
S9.E18 ∙ The Case of the Golfer's Gambit
Jim Harrell is an aspiring pro at a golf club who must contend with the current pro, Chick Farley, who was kicked off the professional circuit for his behavior. Chick is killed with Jim's club after threatening Jim with blackmail.
S9.E19 ∙ The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise
A cop discovers an art dealer is selling the stolen painting "Sunrise in Sausalito." When the cop is found dead in the gallery, Perry defends the dealer and an employee. Paul poses as a truck driver to uncover the real fencing operation.
S9.E20 ∙ The Case of the Scarlet Scandal
Cynthia Perkins' musician boyfriend, Donald Hobart, is charged with killing his sponsor in a small town. Perry and Paul, there on other business, decide to investigate. Based on their findings he is freed and Cynthia is charged instead.
S9.E21 ∙ The Case of the Twice-Told Twist
Lennie Beale is a teenager in a car-stripping gang who is caught after Perry's car is stripped. Perry sees something good in Lennie, giving him a second chance. When a ringleader of the gang is stabbed to death, Lennie is charged.
S9.E22 ∙ The Case of the Avenging Angel
Perry is hired to help foster the career of singer Sandy Chester. The man hiring Perry wants his name kept secret. Perry contacts Clete Hawley to do the job but Clete's actions cause him to regret it. Sandy is charged when Clete is killed.
S9.E23 ∙ The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara
Perry takes a client with questionable jewelry to another client in the building to have the jewelry appraised. Shortly thereafter, Gerard Van Ness, a partner in the jewelry business, is found with a dead body in the trunk of his car.
S9.E24 ∙ The Case of the Fanciful Frail
Ethel Andrews thinks she is about to be married but finds herself accused of stealing $50,000 from her company. On the run, she changes identities with another woman, who dies in an accident. When Ethel's fiancé is killed, she is charged.
S9.E25 ∙ The Case of the Unwelcome Well
Allan Winford is a small-time oil operator working for oil tycoon Jerome Klee, whose only goal is money. When Klee decides to delay for 10 years the production of an oil field Winford discovered, he is murdered. Winford is charged.
S9.E26 ∙ The Case of the Dead Ringer
Perry loses a patent case for Barbara Kramer, whose father had died. A missing letter would prove her case but the other side used a sailor who looks like Perry to implicate him in bribery. When the winner is killed, Barbara is charged.
S9.E27 ∙ The Case of the Misguided Model
Ex-boxer Dennis 'Duke' Maronek tries to protect his girlfriend and thinks he accidentally killed a man. He tells Perry, his lawyer, but refuses to go to the police. When another man is arrested for the murder, Perry is caught in a bind.
S9.E28 ∙ The Case of the Positive Negative
General Roger Brandon has been asked by a group to head an anti-corruption committee by the governor to fight George Emory. However, compromising pictures arrive showing Brandon's wife. Brandon visits Emory who is then found killed.
S9.E29 ∙ The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper
After an incident at a party, Greg Stanley goes outside to drive a drunken Danny Shine home. When they arrive at Shine's home, Stanley is arrested for shooting Shine, who is dead. The case is difficult to solve due to a baby's kidnapping.
S9.E30 ∙ The Case of the Final Fade-Out
Barry Conrad has become a major star with an oversized ego. At the last moment, he tells his producer, Jackson Sidemark, that he won't be signing a new contract. Conrad, then Sidemark, are killed giving Perry two clients back-to-back.
