Perry Mason
CBS (ended 1966)
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Season 12
- Ep 4A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester4/10/95
Bill McKenzie takes the reins from Perry again in this final entry in the series. In this one, Wild Bill defends his niece who has been framed for murdering a soap opera star. - Ep 3A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor11/9/94
Perry is absent but Wild Bill McKenzie is on the case once again as he defends the daughter of a disgraced politician who is accused of murdering the Governor of the state whom she blamed for her father's suicide. - Ep 2A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle5/10/94
It's Wild Bill McKenzie to the rescue when the slimy host of a lifestyles television program is murdered and a man he had been blackmailing is wrongfully accused. - Ep 1A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives12/17/93
In this TV movie, a famous fashion photographer with four ex-wives (all famous fashion models) gets offed. When the current wife is charged, Perry is nowhere to be found so singing attorney and wannabe opera star Anthony Caruso must clear the woman's good name with a little help from series regulars Della Street and Ken Malansky.moreless
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Season 11
- Ep 17The Case of the Killer Kiss11/29/93
Mark Stratton, a soap opera star, is murdered on set whilst kissing his co-star. When one of the soap cast is accused of murder, Perry comes to her aid, but it seems almost everyone had a reason to kill, but the real answer might be linked to a mysterious man who Ken Malansky is trying to trace. Only there and then can the true killer be exposed.moreless - Ep 16The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host5/21/93
A nasty radio station manager is murdered. All of the talk show hosts working at the station despised him but when the wrong one (the psychologist) gets charged with the crime, you know who appears for the defense. - Ep 15The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal2/19/93
A cosmetics queen announces she's discovered an anti-aging formula. After a robbery attempt, she takes the formula to her home safe. Then she's found murdered and the formula is stolen. Her husband is charged with the crime and it's Perry and Company to the rescue once more. - Ep 14The Case of the Heartbroken Bride10/30/92
Perry is invited to the wedding of the daughter of yet another old friend. An uncle of the bride turns up dead at the wedding, and Perry, Della, and Ken Malansky must investigate. - Ep 13The Case of the Reckless Romeo5/5/92
Geraldo Rivera gets gunned down in this episode about a slimy "journalist" who has written a tell all book about all the women he's laid in the past. Naturally, one of them does away with him and the wrong person is blamed. - Ep 12The Case of the Fatal Framing3/1/92
A famous painter fakes his death in order to drive up the value of his paintings, but turns up dead for real. - Ep 11The Case of the Fatal Fashion9/24/91
A very well known editor of a fashion magazine has made her reputation on writing assassin columns about famous people. The editor of another fashion magazine has learned that the next column will be about her, and she tries several times to convince the other one not to publish. Then, the editor is found dead and she becomes the prime suspect. Because she's a close friend, Perry decides to defend her.moreless - Ep 10The Case of the Glass Coffin5/13/91
Assistant Kate Ford tells world-famous magician David Katz that she's pregnant with his child on the date he's supposed to put on a benefit show for charity. At the show a trick goes wrong and nasty Katie assumes room temperature. The magician is blamed and ends up on trial. - Ep 9The Case of the Maligned Mobster2/11/91
This time Perry takes on a mobster client who's been wrongfully accused of murdering his wife. - Ep 8The Case of the Ruthless Reporter1/6/91
Nasty TV anchorman Brett Huston is murdered and it seems as though nearly everyone at the TV station where he was employed had a motive. As usual, the wrong person gets charged with the crime, and it's up to Perry, Della, and Ken Malansky to set things straight. - Ep 7The Case of the Defiant Daughter9/30/90
David Benson breaks into a Las Vegas poker party being hosted by Richard Stuart. Benson blames Stuart for the death of his brother and attempts to shoot him but is overpowered and tossed out of the room on his ass. However, Stuart is shot with Benson's gun later that night. - Ep 6The Case of the Silenced Singer5/20/90
Once again there's a hired killer on the premises as Perry defends the husband of a famous pop singer who was killed soon after the two had a huge argument. - Ep 5The Case of the Desperate Deception3/11/90
Perry and Company travel to France to defend the son of an old friend who is accused of murdering a former SS officer. A missing witness holds the key to the case. - Ep 4The Case of the Poisoned Pen1/21/90
An author who constantly plagiarized the works of others is poisoned to death at a convention. His ex-wife, an old friend of Della's, is charged with the crime. - Ep 3The Case of the All-Star Assassin11/19/89
A pro hockey player is charged with murdering the owner of his former team who had reneged on a promise to take care of the player in case of injury. - Ep 2The Case of the Musical Murder4/9/89
A tyrannical theatre director is murdered and an underling whom he'd recently fired is blamed. Perry, who has been hospitalized for surgery, is the defendant's alibi but his testimony gets discredited because he was under the influence of sedatives at the time. - Ep 1The Case of the Lethal Lesson2/12/89
Ken Malansky becomes a regular character on the series and he's in a heap of trouble. While taking a law school class being taught by Perry, a friend informs Ken that his sweetheart was assaulted by a fellow student. Ken impulsively rushes to confront the fellow student in the law school's mock courtroom only to find him stabbed to death. What's even worse is that the murder weapon is Ken's very own knife.moreless
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Season 10
- Ep 9The Case of the Lady in the Lake5/15/88
A tennis pro is accused of having murdered his wealthy heiress wife who's body was found floating in a lake. Not helping matters any is the fact that the defendant was seen in the arms of his former girlfriend the day before the murder. Now the old galpal has disappeared and it's up to Paul to track her down and Perry to figure things out in court.moreless - Ep 8The Case of the Avenging Ace2/28/88
An Air Force officer is convicted of murder. Perry, who is one of his appeal lawyers, finds a new witness for the defense but then this witness is murdered before he can give evidence. Paul, as usual, does the legwork while Perry handles things in the courtroom. - Ep 7The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel11/15/87
Perry files suit against a tabloid paper that runs a story about a love affair between him and Della Street. The unscrupulous editor, Harlan Wade, also has dirt files on several other prominent persons but the one who seemingly dislikes him the most is a reporter whom he recently fired. Wade is soon afterwards found floating in his swimming pool shot to death. The reporter gets charged with his murder.moreless - Ep 6The Case of the Murdered Madam10/4/87
The woman who hosted a business meeting where a very shady deal was planned turns up dead shortly thereafter. Everything points to her husband, who didn´t know that she used to run a brothel, and who has a violent temper. But his childhood friend, Della Street, comes to his rescue. - Ep 5The Case of the Sinister Spirit5/24/87
Book publisher Jordan White is having problems with one of his authors, an unbalanced assclown named David Hall. Hall has written a book which not only defames White but also an astrologer, a psychic, and a B-movie actress famous for her work in slasher movies. All four are invited to spend a bizarre evening in a deserted hotel during which Hall is bumped off. Jordan White calls in old friend Perry when he is charged with the killing.moreless - Ep 4The Case of the Lost Love2/23/87
Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge. This one is a real hornet's nest and the truth of the matter could be devastating to Perry. - Ep 3The Case of the Shooting Star11/9/86
An actor/director shoots one of his friends in cold blood in live television, but is very surprised when the friend dies, since he thought that the gun was loaded with blanks. But there is a witness who watched the gun constantly, so there can be no tampering. Or... can there? Meanwhile, Paul has to fend off a female reporter who seems to follow him everywhere.moreless - Ep 2The Case of the Notorious Nun5/25/86
A nun stands trial for murdering a priest whom she worked very closely with, and the evidence are dire: a letter from her asking him to take her back, a lovers quarrel, and there seems to be no sign of the mysterious priest whom she claims drugged her at the crime scene. Paul finds a special bond with her, even if it means that he has to look through the trash and freeze his tail off.moreless - Ep 1Perry Mason Returns12/1/85
Della Street, Perry Mason's former secretary, now works for Arthur Gordon, a millionaire businessman. On Gordon's birthday, his family throws him a surprise party and he, in turn, gives them a surprise: he is disinheriting them.Later that night someone breaks into the Gordon mansion - it's a man wearing a dress. He kills Gordon and the maid sees him as he leaves. The police then investigate and discover that someone who knew the gate entry code was the killer or gave it to the killer. And when they discover that Della Street knew the code, they go to her house, and they find a dress similar to the one the maid saw torn up and dirty. They also found an earring which Della says is hers that she probably misplaced. They then arrest her, and she then asks her old friend, Perry Mason, who is now an appellate court judge, to recommend someone who can defend her. Mason says that the best person who can defend her is him. So he resigns.from the bench to defend his erstwhile secretary. Needing a private investigator, the son of old friend Paul Drake, Paul Jr. is also called into the case. It's takes some hard plowing but Perry and Company eventually get to the bottom of things.moreless
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Season 9
- Ep 30The Case of the Final Fadeout5/22/66
A nasty actor with a lot of enemies is murdered. Perry gets his accused killer off the hook but then HE turns up dead and an aging, eccentric actress is blamed for that one. Are there two murderers on the loose or are both the work of one person? - Ep 29The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper5/15/66
Gossip columnist Danny Shine is a real scumbag. Even his own mother would disown him. So it's no surprise when he turns up shot to death in his car one night after a party at Alex Tanner's house. Danny's assistant, Greg Stanley, is arrested for the murder. Tanner can provide Stanley with an alibi except for one thing--his baby has been kidnapped and if he testifies the child will die.moreless - Ep 28The Case of the Positive Negative5/1/66
Retired general Roger Brandon is set to head an anti-crime commission to investigate racketeering in a notoriously corrupt town. Rackets boss George Emory claims to have compromising photos of Brandon's young wife, Laura. Emory threatens to launch a smear campaign against Laura unless Brandon refuses the assignment. Brandon calls Emory's bluff and accepts the assignment but then Emory turns up murdered. Guess who gets charged with the crime?moreless - Ep 27The Case of the Misguided Model4/24/66
Perry has all sorts of troubles in this one including a client who takes a shot at him. It starts when dim bulb prizefighter Duke Maronek gets into a fight with Ed Grover over pretty model, Sharon Carmody. Duke believes he killed Grover with his bare hands. Perry discovers that a vagrant, who stole a wallet from the corpse, has been charged with the crime. He quickly gets the vagrant off the hook only to discover that Duke has disappeared. It is Sharon Carmody, the model who is up for a big assignment, who holds the keys to Duke's whereabouts and what really happened on the night Ed Grover died.moreless - Ep 26The Case of the Dead Ringer4/17/66
Perry loses a case at the beginning of this episode. Actually, it's a civil case involving a patent dispute and he lost because the opposition led the jury to believe that Perry paid a witness to change his testimony. How did this happen? A merchant seaman named Grimes was paid to impersonate Perry and passed an envelope to a key witness. Grimes, it seems, is a dead ringer for Mason. The civil case soon turns into a criminal one when the winning party in the patent dispute is murdered.moreless - Ep 25The Case of the Unwelcome Well4/3/66
Nasty oilman Jerome Klee is shot to death and there's no shortage of suspects. Perry's client is Klee's foreman who tried to change his boss's mind about backing out on a drilling contract on a low income family's land. - Ep 24The Case of the Fanciful Frail3/27/66
Things keep going from awful to good grief for poor Ethel Andrews. First she's left at the altar by her fiancee, Bruce Strickland, who also let's her take the blame for a $50,000.00 securities theft since her signature was on the transfer authorization. Ethel decides to leave town but nearly has an accident with a car driven by Peggy Sutton. Peggy, it seems, is on the run from a hired killer. Ethel foolishly agrees to swap identities with Peggy but then Peggy perishes in a car accident. Ethel then finds $50,000.00 in the trunk of Peggy's car and makes the mistake of informing Bruce Strickland who turns up murdered. Perry sends Paul Drake up to Lake Tahoe to find out about Peggy Sutton but it might be too late because the noose is getting pretty tight around poor Ethel's neck.moreless - Ep 23The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara3/20/66
Imagine Gerard Van Ness's surprise when a long-lost tiara worth a fortune turns up in his hands. Imagine Perry and Della's surpise when the body of a jewel thief turns up in a trunk delivered to their building. Needless to say, Van Ness gets blamed for the death and it's up to Perry and company to save the day.moreless - Ep 22The Case of the Avenging Angel3/13/66
Perry must defend a goofy, untalented British kid whom someone thinks has the talent to be a pop singer but in reality couldn't get in the door of American Idol. Then someone bumps off a shady promoter and the would be pop idol gets blamed. - Ep 21The Case of the Twice-Told Twist2/27/66
Perry plays Mr. Brownlow to young Lenny Beale who's involved with a gang of teenage car strippers. Lenny wants to quit the gang but when his boss, Bill Sikes, turn up murdered the police theorize that Lenny killed him in revenge for Sikes shooting his girlfriend. - Ep 20The Case of the Scarlet Scandal2/20/66
Another fishing trip goes awry for Perry when he's drawn into the murder of a woman who was killed while delivering a blackmail payment. - Ep 19The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise2/13/66
An art dealer and his girlfriend are arrested for a two murders related to a series of hijacks. Paul goes undercover to ferret out the hijacking ring and Perry finds himself staring face down the barrel of a gun pointed by a killer even he never considered. - Ep 18The Case of the Golfer's Gambit1/30/66
Chick Farley is a low rent, semi-talented golf pro at an exclusive country club. He now mooches off his wife's money and occasionally blackmails members of the country club in order to keep his position. One night, ole Chick discovers that someone has been stealing from the pro shop. He calls club member Hamilton Burger at his home to inform him of the theft. While on the phone, somebody takes a sand wedge and bashes in Chick's skull. Chick is no great loss to humanity but, as usual, the wrong man is charged with the crime.moreless - Ep 17The Case of the Vanishing Victim1/23/66
Dr. Stacey Fielding takes off for Salt Lake City on business. When his plane crashes, Veronal poisioning is found in the body. Miriam Fielding is arrested since the last thing the good doctor drank was whiskey from a flash she had given him. Upon further investigation, Miriam is cleared when it's discovered that the man who really perished in the crash was Al Dolby, the plane mechanic. But where is Dr. Fielding and who did the poisoning?moreless - Ep 16The Case of the Midnight Howler1/16/66
Barney Austin is the king of late night talk radio in Los Angeles. One night during his on-air rants, Barney gets a note to call his boss, Kevin Steele. While talking to Steele on the air, the audience hears Steele begin arguing with someone and then two shots ring out. - Ep 15The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers1/9/66
Aspiring actor Tony Polk lands a job on a popular TV program. Part of his job consists of dressing up in a buccaneer costume and delivering free gifts to viewers at their homes. Another actor and Tony trade lists and before too long he's up the creek. One of the women on the list is murdered with a buccaneer's hook, the one belonging to Tony, and a neighbor swears that Tony fought with the woman.moreless - Ep 14The Case of the Golden Girls12/19/65
Victor Montalvo, co-owner of the Golden Bear Club, gives a ride to a sweet young thing named Debbie Conrad who later attempts to blackmail him by threatening to claim he took advantage of her. Debbie is working the scam with her boyfriend, Rick Durbin, and Montalvo decides to pay them off. But before he can make the payment his partner in the club is murdered.moreless - Ep 13The Case of the Baffling Bug12/12/65
Tryon Laboratories hires the Drake Detective Agency to protect their latest formulas. In spite of Paul's best efforts, there is a leak in security and some top-secret information is stolen. One night, Leigh, an undercover agent working for Dr. Scranton, the head of the company, calls to say he knows the identity of the spy. Scranton and Paul rush to the laboratory only to find Leigh dead, floating in a vat of water.moreless - Ep 12The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein11/28/65
In this change of pace episode Perry and Della travel behind the Iron Curtain and get involved in a murder case which ends up being tried in an East German court. - Ep 11The Case of the Silent Six11/21/65
Police Sgt. Dave Wolfe warns Joe Oliver to stay away from his kid sister, Susan. Now Susan's been beaten up in her apartment, Oliver has been shot to death, and Dave is being charged with murder. Dave's story is that someone knocked him out and used his gun on Oliver. When Perry investigates the circumstances surrounding that night he discovers that six people in the building heard Susan's cries but did nothing to help her and that it was not Joe Oliver who beat her up. The wrong man was killed.moreless - Ep 10The Case of the Runaway Racer11/14/65
Test driver Pete Griston cracks up one of ace car builder Pappy Ryan's vehicles. Pappy accuses Havey Rettig of tampering with the car and files charges against Rettig and Griston. Then Rettig is killed and Griston is found standing groggily over the body. - Ep 9The Case of the Wrathful Wraith11/7/65
Louise Self must have broken a mirror. She has to stand trial for murdering her husband, Jamison, twice. Perry gets her off the hook the first time because the body was never found. Guess what? Jamison Self only faked his death and is still alive. When he ends up dead a second time it's deja vu all over again for poor Louise and Perry gears up for the second round.moreless - Ep 8The Case of the Twelfth Wildcat10/31/65
Burt Payne is a no talent assclown who coaches and owns 10% of a professional football team. His rich wife, Ellen, owns the remainder. Knowing that he's washed up and needing some quick cash, Burt tries to sell his share of the team to a group of investors and even gets a down payment from them. Ellen, however, is opposed to the deal. Then, after she meets with one of the potential buyers aboard a train, Burt is apparently killed in an explosion.moreless - Ep 7The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner10/24/65
.An old Army buddy of restauranteur Terrence Clay, Lucas Tolliver, arrives in California from Oklahoma to meet the woman he was matched up with by a computer dating service. The woman, Miliicent Barton, is supposedly a rich widow. Lucas has money too having inherited it from his previous wife who died under mysterious circumstances. This doesn't prevent Millie from marrying Lucas but she dies at a party after drinking poisoned lemonade supposedly provided to her by Lucas. This one is a tough row to hoe for Perry.moreless - Ep 6The Case of the Carefree Coronary10/17/65
The Safeline Insurance Company notices an increase in heart attacks among their policy holders. The company suspects fraud and hires Perry and Paul to investigate. When Paul goes undercover as a construction worker, he almost doesn't survive the assignment. - Ep 5The Case of the Impetuous Imp10/10/65
Perry rescues Diana Carter from the ocean in his boat and then must rescue her twice more in the courtroom. Once for jewel theft and once for murder. - Ep 4The Case of the Cheating Chancellor10/3/65
Perry returns to his college alma mater to receive an award but there's no rest for the weary when he's called upon to defend Van Fowler for the murder of a professor. - Ep 3The Case of the Candy Queen9/26/65
Things aren't going too good for the self-styled candy queen, Claire Armstrong, these days. Boyfriend Mark Chester steals her candy formula in order to pay back his gambling debts and Harry Arnold is blackmailing her. Then there's cousin Wanda. She'd like nothing better than to see Claire convicted when Arnold is murdered so that she can takeover the business.moreless - Ep 2The Case of the Fatal Fortune9/19/65
A fortune teller gives a series of accurate predictions regarding a woman's future. But something goes wrong when she's charged with murdering her new husband. - Ep 1The Case of the Laughing Lady9/12/65
Carla Chaney is caught seemingly red-handed at the scene of the murder of her ex-boyfriend. Perry agrees to take the case pro bono after three other attorneys drop out. Carla's only hope is an unseen woman she claims was also present at the scene. According to Carla, this woman had a sinister laugh.moreless
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Season 8
- Ep 30The Case of the Mischievous Doll5/13/65
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. Then the private eye gets killed and Perry discovers the truth about Dorrie Ambler. She and Minerva are one and the same. But who was the woman who got burned beyond recognition in the car accident who was believed to be Dorrie Ambler?moreless - Ep 29The Case of the Wrongful Writ5/6/65
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. - Ep 28The Case of the Grinning Gorilla4/29/65
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. - Ep 27The Case of the Duplicate Case4/22/65
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. - Ep 26The Case of the Gambling Lady4/8/65
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. Then, when Myrna buys the farm, the police blame Pete whom they theorize manufactured the phony chips at his novelty company.moreless - Ep 25The Case of the Deadly Debt4/1/65
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 $10,000.00 debt. Or so Danny believes. When Radom is killed with Danny's gun, Perry steps in to clear his name. - Ep 24The Case of the Careless Kitten3/25/65
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, Matllda. Then there's the matter of Henry Leach, a murdered man who had been blackmailing Franklin when he was alive.moreless - Ep 23The Case of the Murderous Mermaid3/18/65
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. Reggie runs into trouble along the way in her swim but is rescued by boat captain Charlie Shaw. Later that night, Victoria is discovered murdered having been planning to abscond with her company's finances. Reggie gets charged with the murder.moreless - Ep 22The Case of the Sad Sicilian3/11/65
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.moreless - Ep 21The Case of the Fatal Fetish3/4/65
Burger tries to head off trouble when his young assistant falls for an unscrupulous woman but he ends up having to prosecute him for her murder. - Ep 20The Case of the Lover's Gamble2/18/65
A woman turns to Mason when she becomes convinced that her boss is planning to murder his invalid wife. - Ep 19The Case of the Feather Cloak2/11/65
In Hawaii to handle an investigation for a hotel chain, Mason and Drake uncover a murder. - Ep 18The Case of the Tell-Tale Tap2/4/65
Balancing private investigation with legal gymnastics, Mason tries to iron out a case of embezzlement and murder. - Ep 17The Case of the Golden Venom1/21/65
A woman hires Mason to nullify a clause in her late husband's will that disinherits her if she reopens the investigation into her son's death. - Ep 16The Case of the Thermal Thief1/14/65
Attorney Ken Kramer comes to the aid of an alleged thief accused of stealing a $50,000 necklace. Then, when the thief is found murdered, Kramer defends the socialite accused of the crime. - Ep 15The Case of the Frustrated Folksinger1/7/65
Uninterested in her recently inherited fortune, aspring singer and heiress Amy Jo Jennings is easy prey for a slimy agent seeking financial backing for his latest project. He agrees to see to it that she gets the lead role in a touring musical comedy provided that she puts up $50,000.00. The agent actually plans to abscond with Amy Jo's money but before he can make tracks he's found dead after a party. Poor ole Amy Jo is charged with the death.moreless - Ep 14The Case of the Ruinous Road12/31/64
When a land development deal goes sour, Perry must defend engineer Adam Conrad for a murder committed in an old house that has something very sinister hidden underneath it. - Ep 13The Case of the Blonde Bonanza12/17/64
Della's country cousin, seeking a career in Hollywood as a model, fails to read the fine print when she signs a contract that calls for her to gain weight. She also ends up charged with murder. - Ep 12The Case of the Wooden Nickels12/10/64
Paul Drake gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to act as courier in the sale of a rare Confederate coin. Murder, as usual, soon rears its ugly head. - Ep 11The Case of the Latent Lover12/3/64
Investment broker Eric Pollard tops off a series of peculiar actions by commandeering a taxi to rob a bank. He is arrested but given probation for his actions. Pollard's strange behavior continues when he insists that his probation officer is having an affair with his wife, Sybil. When Sybil Pollard later turns up murdered the probation officer is charged with the crime.moreless - Ep 10The Case of the Reckless Rockhound11/26/64
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. Then Reba is charged with murder when the man turns up dead. - Ep 9The Case of the Tragic Trophy11/19/64
Kathy James poses as Kathy Anders to get the goods on slimy movie producer Tony Fry who years earlier had ruined the career of her cameraman father. She gets incriminating photos of Fry with a woman named Janice Pennington. Going to Fry's house, Kathy confronts him only to have him slug her one. Then she grabs a trophy to defend herself and whacks him over the head. Perry, however, believes that a second blow actually killed Fry and sets out to prove it.moreless - Ep 8The Case of a Place Called Midnight11/12/64
In an offbeat case, Mason becomes involved in international intrigue when he travels to Switzerland to meet a friend's future daughter-in-law. - Ep 7The Case of the Bullied Bowler11/5/64
While Perry is away in Europe, attorney Joe Kelly agrees to represent Bill Jarvis, whose bitter ex-mother-in-law is trying to have his bowling alley shut down. Kelly then has to clear Jarvis of a murder rap. - Ep 6The Case of the Nautical Knot10/29/64
Mason is summoned when Harvey Scott's efforts to retain temporary control of the family mining company lead to murder. - Ep 5The Case of the Betrayed Bride10/22/64
A recently widowed women becomes tangled in a web of suspicion ''when she hastily remarries a fortune hunting Frenchman. When the Frenchman's former bride comes searching for him he ends up shot dead in the swimming pool. - Ep 4The Case of the Sleepy Slayer10/15/64
Pathetic lowlife Rachel Gordon has been sponging off her crotchety Uncle Abner for years. When she steals money from his safe to give to her drug addict boyfriend he threatens to prosecute her unless she makes restitution. Soon afterwards Uncle Abner turns up dead but it's his male secretary who's charged with the crime.moreless - Ep 3The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor10/8/64
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.moreless - Ep 2The Case of the Paper Bullets10/1/64
Mason is caught in the middle when a romance develops between two members of rival political families. Things get worse when the Romeo of the piece is found murdered. - Ep 1The Case of the Missing Button9/24/64
A man's campaign to prove his estranged wife an unfit mother is interrupted when he's arrested for the murder of her boyfriend.
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Season 7
- Ep 30The Case of the Ugly Duckling5/21/64
The deceased father of Alice Trilling left behind a strange will. His successful toy company would be left to her ONLY if Alice is married or engaged within a year's time. Until then, her wheelchair bound Uncle Harry and a board of directors will run the company. In searching for a husband, Alice has one major problem: she's coyote ugly and she's the first one to admit it. An artist begins a flirtation and after seeing a portrait he's painted of her, Alice begins to think she could find happiness with him. There's one problem though: nasty old Uncle Harry has been playing matchmaker behind the scenes for reasons of his own. Alice discovers her uncle's perfidity and pushes over his wheelchair. Quickly fleeing the scene, Alice is later arrested when Uncle Harry is found dead. Perry is retained as defense counsel but even he has a tough time in this one because Alice herself thinks she's guilty.moreless - Ep 29The Case of the Tandem Target5/14/64
Irma Hodge's wealthy step-father, Sumner Hodge, is withholding her inheritance because he dislikes her folksinger boyfriend, Con Bolton. When someone supposedly takes a shot at Sumner, he suggest to the police that Con is to blame. Then another attempt is made on Sumner's life which proves successful. His car goes over a cliff with him behind the wheel and an investigation reveals that the brake line had been severed. Witnesses then claim Con was fooling around with the brakes minutes before the crash and he's charged with murder.moreless - Ep 28The Case of the Drifting Dropout5/7/64
Small town junk dealer/mayoral candidate Mort Lynch gives college dropout Barry Davis a job because he was once close friend's with Barry's uncle. Barry and Mort's relationship is uneasy and he's soon the number one suspect when someone bashes Mort's skull with a monkey wrench and it's found in Barry's car. Perry enters the case to defend Barry and discovers that the case hinges on a 20 year old counterfeiting scheme involving Barry's late uncle and a few "prominent" citizens in the town.moreless - Ep 27The Case of the Careless Kidnapper4/30/64
A kidnapping hoax leads to murder when the ransom note gets into the wrong hands. - Ep 26The Case of the Antic Angel4/16/64
A recovering alcoholic takes to the bottle after he sees his wife, who's supposedly been dead for five years. Then she turns up dead for real and he's arrested for her murder. - Ep 25The Case of the Illicit Illusion4/9/64
Mason is hired by a woman who is convinced, after a series of bizarre events, that she's crazy. - Ep 24The Case of the Simple Simon4/2/64
Actress Ramona Carver is confronted by a young man who claims to be the son she gave up for adoption. Murder soon results. - Ep 23The Case of the Woeful Widower3/26/64
Certain that her employer is plotting to murder his wife, housekeeper Nellie Conway launches a counterattack. - Ep 22The Case of the Garrulous Go-Between3/12/64
A woman goes on trial for murder when a fortuneteller's deadly prediction becomes a reality. - Ep 21The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist3/5/64
A fire chief wants to bring a libel suit against a reporter who accuses him of burning down his own warehouse. Things get even worse for the chief when he's charged with murder. - Ep 20The Case of the Frightened Fisherman2/27/64
Chemist Randolph James has started a successful company to develop a new antibiotic but his former boss, Hudson Bradshaw, files suit claiming that James developed the formula while in his employ. James' wife, Natalie, then begins selling her stock to Bradshaw which would give him control of the new company. James vows to stop his wife at any cost and she turns up dead. James claims that he was fishing at the time the murder occurred but things turn bad when he can't find the fellow fisherman who can substantiate his story.
moreless - Ep 19The Case of the Fifty-Millionth Frenchman2/20/64
A Frenchman is giving money to an old lady love from his hometown, unaware that she's sharing the cash with her husband. When hubby turns up murdered guess who gets charged with the crime? - Ep 18The Case of the Nervous Neighbor2/13/64
Mason's client: an amnesia victim on trial for the murder of her husband. - Ep 17The Case of the Bountiful Beauty2/6/64
20-year-old Deborah Dearborn has just written a best-selling novel about a cold and calculating woman who bears a strong resemblance to her boyfriend's stepmother. Now Deborah is living at a beach house in Malibu and in the process of selling the rights to her book to a movie producer. Then the stepmother, Stephanie Carew, appears on the scene threatening to sue for libel. Stephanie turns up dead and it initially appears to be an accidental drowning, but the coroner soon confirms that it's murder and Deborah is arrested.
moreless - Ep 16The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands1/23/64
Sweet but ditzy Nancy Banks wants Perry to cash a bundle of winning racing tickets for her. There's only one problem: her former employer claims the racing tickets as his own. Nancy then gets in even deeper trouble when she's charged with her ex-employer's murder.
- Ep 15The Case of the Capering Camera1/16/64
Mystery clouds Mason's search for the murderer of a photographer who was shot while a model pointed a loaded gun at him but didn't pull the trigger. - Ep 14The Case of the Accosted Accountant1/9/64
Edward Lewis's increasingly bitter arguments with his father-in-law make him the suspect when the old man is murdered.
- Ep 13The Case of the Wednesday Woman1/2/64
A wife's ears perk up when an insurance investigator informs her that he has proof that her husband was wrongfully convicted of the crime for which he is imprisoned. Then the insurance investigator turns up dead. Goings on in an elevator highlight this episode. - Ep 12The Case of the Badgered Brother12/19/63
Brothers Martin and Todd Baylor are feuding over ownership of a successful chain of clothing stores. Martin ends up with a knife sticking out of his back one night and Todd is charged with the murder. - Ep 11The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang12/12/63
Grover Johnson manages somehow to talk his much younger bride Eula into living with him on a barren spread of ranch land. Needless to say, Eula hates it and can't wait to sell the property. Along comes wealthy Texas Nelson Barcliff who's ready, willing, and able to purchase the property. But is this big Texan really who he appears to be? Or is it just an elaborate real estate swindle cooked up by Eula? Either way, both Eula and Barcliff end up dead and Grover finds himself charged with Eula's murder.moreless - Ep 10The Case of the Devious Delinquent12/5/63
Three JD teens cruise Hollywood Boulevard in a cool convertible lookin' for kicks! A liquor store goes down and the blackmail and plot twists begin. Lies and more lies and it's going from bad to worse for young Timmy Balfour who soon discovers that there's every bit as much delinquency from the adults when he's charged with murder.''moreless - Ep 9The Case of the Festive Felon11/28/63
Wealthy but dying Bebe Brent gives the bulk of her estate to her loyal nurse. Needless to say, this act angers the remainder of the Brent clan and leads to a murder. - Ep 8The Case of the Floating Stones11/21/63
Julie Eng needs Perry's help when some precious stones her grandfather left her turn up missing, and the assclown who swiped them, Ralph Iverson, ends up assuming room temperature. - Ep 7The Case of the Bigamous Spouse11/14/63
Gwynn Elston's best friend, Nell Grimes, asks her to move in with her due to the fact that Nell's husband, Felton, is often out of town on business. Gwynn, who has a door-to-door sales job, is then astonished to see Felton's picture in someone else's house where he's known as Frank Gillette. Felton, who's really a nasty mother, tries to poison Gwynn, when she confronts him but she survives and runs to Perry for help. Then Felton is found shot to death and things go from awful to good grief for poor Gwynn--she gets arrested for the crime.moreless - Ep 6The Case of the Reluctant Model10/31/63
Crude but wealthy art connisseur Otto Olney throws a party to celebrate his purchasing a painting by famed artist Gauguin. Then a party guest, art expert Colin Durant, says that the painting is actually a fake. Olney then goes to Perry who decides to sue Durant for libel. Durant then claims he never said anything regarding the painting and the only witness, an art student named Maxine Lindsay, confirms his story. Perry then discovers the dead body of Austin Durant, fully clothed, in the shower of Maxine's apartment. Paul Drake then tracks down Maxine but the police are right behind him and they arrest her for murder. Guess who she hires to defend her?moreless - Ep 5The Case of the Decadent Dean10/24/63
Perry has to defend the dean of a prep school on charges of murdering a teacher who had been stealing, embezzling, and blackmailing. - Ep 4The Case of the Deadly Verdict10/17/63
Janice Barton is found guilty of the murder of her wealthy relative and sentenced to death. Can Perry find the evidence to clear her of the crime before the pellets in the gas chamber fall? - Ep 3The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito10/10/63
This case has nothing to do with mosquitos but rather a hidden mine that could lead to a fortune. Plus murder. - Ep 2The Case of the Shifty Shoebox10/3/63
John Flickenger pulls off a carefully planned robbery without a hitch - until his young nephew finds the gun used in the heist. - Ep 1The Case of the Nebulous Nephew9/26/63
Con artist John Brooks comes up with a new twist to convince Sophia and Ninevah Stone that he's the rightful heir to their fortune. Perry ends up reluctantly defending Brooks when he's charged with murder.
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