Perry Mason

1957
Perry Mason

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 The Case of the Laughing Lady Sep 12, 1965

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.

EP2 The Case of the Fatal Fortune Sep 19, 1965

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.

EP3 The Case of the Candy Queen Sep 26, 1965

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.

EP4 The Case of the Cheating Chancellor Oct 03, 1965

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.

EP5 The Case of the Impetuous Imp Oct 10, 1965

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.

EP6 The Case of the Carefree Coronary Oct 17, 1965

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.

EP7 The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner Oct 24, 1965

.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.

EP8 The Case of the Twelfth Wildcat Oct 31, 1965

Burt Payne 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.

EP9 The Case of the Wrathful Wraith Nov 07, 1965

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.

EP10 The Case of the Runaway Racer Nov 14, 1965

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.

EP11 The Case of the Silent Six Nov 21, 1965

Police Sergeant 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.

EP12 The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein Nov 28, 1965

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.

EP13 The Case of the Baffling Bug Dec 12, 1965

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.

EP14 The Case of the Golden Girls Dec 19, 1965

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.

EP15 The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers Jan 09, 1966

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.

EP16 The Case of the Midnight Howler Jan 16, 1966

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.

EP17 The Case of the Vanishing Victim Jan 23, 1966

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?

EP18 The Case of the Golfer's Gambit Jan 30, 1966

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.

EP19 The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise Feb 13, 1966

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.

EP20 The Case of the Scarlet Scandal Feb 20, 1966

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.

EP21 The Case of the Twice-Told Twist Feb 27, 1966

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, turns up murdered the police theorize that Lenny killed him in revenge for Sikes shooting his girlfriend.

EP22 The Case of the Avenging Angel Mar 13, 1966

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.

EP23 The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara Mar 20, 1966

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.

EP24 The Case of the Fanciful Frail Mar 27, 1966

Things keep going from awful to good grief for poor Ethel Andrews. First she's left at the altar by her fiancé, Bruce Strickland, who also let's her take the blame for a $50,000 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.

EP25 The Case of the Unwelcome Well Apr 03, 1966

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.

EP26 The Case of the Dead Ringer Apr 17, 1966

Perry Mason finds himself the target of an attempt to discredit him while he is in the middle of a major lawsuit.

EP27 The Case of the Misguided Model Apr 24, 1966

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 Art 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 Art Grover died.

EP28 The Case of the Positive Negative May 01, 1966

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?

EP29 The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper May 15, 1966

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.

EP30 The Case of the Final Fadeout May 22, 1966

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?
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Released: 21 September 1957 Ended
Producted By: CBS
Country: United States of America
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The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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rcj5365 More than 60 years since the series debut on CBS, Perry Mason was without a doubt the most successful courtroom drama/detective series ever made for television...still a define classic and it is highly watchable today without being dated. For the nine seasons that it was on the air, this was a series that was predictable while defying the odds, the outcomes and the plots to the mysteries went beyond the norm. While the plots were quite complex at times,the writers also treated viewers each week with intelligence not to mention keeping viewers in suspense to what happens next. The "Perry Mason" character, as developed by Erle Stanley Gardner went beyond the law or bending in order to fight for his client or testing a hypothesis where Mason not only goes beyond the norm for his client but exposing the truth and the suspect in the courtroom. Mason's Raymond Burr was not only the attorney at law but also was part detective and part sleuth who basically went beyond the norm of each of his cases with the help of his secretary Della Street(Barbara Hale), the private investigator/detective Paul Drake(William Hopper), the police Lt. Tragg(Ray Collins) of Homicide with the Los Angeles Police Department. Each case were in different aspects with someone being victimized by someone else,or in other cases a client who asks for Perry Mason's assistance or asking for help which begins during the first half of the show. The second half comes with the subsequent trial against the District Attorney Hamilton Burger(William Talman)where Mason exposes the truth and the culprit in the courtroom.Perry Mason premiered on CBS on September 21,1957 where it ran for nine seasons and 271 episodes in black and white(with the exception of one episode that aired in color "The Case Of The Twice Told Twist" that was telecast in Season 9) until the final episode of the series on May 22,1966. The first five seasons aired on Saturday nights from September 21,1957 until May 26, 1962. Then for Seasons 6 through 8 the show moved to Thursday nights from September 27, 1962 until May 13,1965. The ninth and final season saw the series moved to Sunday nights from September 12,1965 until May 22,1966. Many fine writers and directors created interesting stories for "Perry Mason" in which some episodes were adaptions of Mason novels written by Gardner himself. And Gardner working with executive producer Gail Patrick Jackson the original entries were held strictly and successfully to the author's character with the strictest detail possible. Directors like Jack Arnold, Christian Nyby, Ted Post, Arthur Marks, Vincent McEveety, Robert Sparr, Earl Bellamy, Arthur Hiller contribute to some of the episodes. Excellent writers like Gene Wang, Jackson Gillis, Seeleg Lester, Stirling Silliphant, Mann Rubin, Samuel Newman, Orville H. Hampton, Laurence Marks, along with Jonathan Latimer and Sy Salkowitz. The guest stars ranged from Ruta Lee, Jesse White, Peter Breck, Yvonne Craig, Victor Buono, Steve Inhat, James Shigeta, Barbara Eden, Bobby Troup, Dick Clark, Ross Martin, Michael Constantine, Gavin MacLeod, Edward Asner, Jeannette Nolan, Strother Martin, Morgan Woodward, Charles Bronson, Skip Homeier, Mike Connors, Barry Sullivan, Pippa Scott, Barbara Bain, Cecil Kellaway, Richard Long, Whitney Blake, James Drudy, Stacy Graham and the list goes on. The most watched program of its day keeping viewers tuned in each week to see what happens next and it is still enjoyable to watch more than 60 years later....
CriticGirl91 Who doesn't love Perry Mason? I've read a lot of his books, and thoroughly enjoyed them. I was naturally skeptical when it came to seeing s TV series of his name, but was in for a pleasant surprise when I began to watch my favorite stories unfold on screen. For the actors, Burr is extremely lovable as are Hopper and Collins. Though my favorite is Talman who has a very easy and realistic style to him. The stories are not distorted by any means, neither is there any attempt to glamorize or sensationalized them. This very simplistic approach is what makes this serial amazing. I need not describe the genius of the plots for they are known to all. A rare gem of an adaptation of a much loved series.
xsgame3115 I love, love, love Perry Mason. And out of all the great things about the show: the writing, the acting, the directing, the scripts... for me, the greatest thing about the show was watching the guilty party jump up out of their seat in the back of the courtroom and confess to the crime right before Perry Mason was about to point them out at the end of the show. LOL Perry Mason would start listing facts and occurrences and circumstances which led to only one possible person being the perpetrator, and his LASER-like insights and astute deductions would make that guilty party's resolve just crumble. ... As Perry Mason himself would tell anyone who doesn't think Perry Mason is one of the best dramas of all time: "Your opinion is irrelevant, incompetent, immaterial, and inadmissable in a court of law." And the judge would say, "Objection overruled."
pnorris What's not to like about Perry Mason?......noirish themes, beautylicious babes in bullet bras, killer cars, mysterious murders, smarmy suspects, brazen blackmailers…..all with one of the strongest regular casts and many notable guest appearances by second tier stars and soon to be stars…..Earl Stanley Gardner's protagonist is the quintessential TV attorney and probably few could have played Mason as well as Raymond Burr…although many of Burr's previous film roles were as a heavy (and he was very good at those roles), he transforms wondrously into the 'good guy' in this series, his biggest star turn...while Mason is an attorney, he is also a terrific detective…..the only other TV Detective show on par with 'Perry Mason' is the 'Rockford Files'…..