Perry Mason

Overview

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

Episodes

The Case of the Restless Redhead

S01E01 The Case of the Restless Redhead

September 21, 1957 10.0 53 min
Perry drives to the scene of a shooting and finds the police recovering the body of Harry Merrill from a car that went over the side of a mountain. MerriIl has a bullet in his...
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece

S01E02 The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece

September 28, 1957 53 min
Peter Cole is caught one night sleepwalking with a letter opener and standing over his wife's bed. His wife Doris is afraid and decides the next day to file for divorce. Exactly one year later,...
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice

S01E03 The Case of the Nervous Accomplice

October 5, 1957 53 min
Sybil Granger hires Perry to help her buy stock in her estranged husband's oil company on the sly. By this, Sybil hopes to force her husband's latest girlfriend, Roxy Howard, out of the company and...
The Case of the Drowning Duck

S01E04 The Case of the Drowning Duck

October 12, 1957 53 min
Donald Briggs is an unscrupulous private investigator hired by Clyde Waters to uncover information about Marv Adams, his daughter's fiance. Briggs learned that Marv Adams' father was Ben Devereaux who was convicted of murder 18...
The Case of the Sulky Girl

S01E05 The Case of the Sulky Girl

October 19, 1957 53 min
Fran Celane feels her uncle, Edward Norton, is too restrictive as the executor of her father's spendthrift trust. He also wants her to wait 18 months until her 25th birthday before she gets married. Arthur...
The Case of the Silent Partner

S01E06 The Case of the Silent Partner

October 26, 1957 53 min
Harry Marlow owns a florist business and wants to own a part of Mildred Kimber's orchid business but Mildred Kimber is not interested. So Harry Marlow makes an arrangement with a local club owner, Sam...
The Case of the Angry Mourner

S01E07 The Case of the Angry Mourner

November 2, 1957 10.0 53 min
Carla Adrian is having trouble fending off amorous neighbor Mark Cushing. When another neighbor hears a shot and a woman's scream, then witnesses Carla's Mother, Belle Adrian, in Mark Cushing's cabin—it's not long before the...
The Case of the Crimson Kiss

S01E08 The Case of the Crimson Kiss

November 9, 1957 10.0 53 min
Fay Allison is getting married in a few days to Dane Grover. Her roommate, Anita Bonsal, is having a clandestine affair with a married man, Carver Clement. When Aunt Louise arrives early the next morning...
The Case of the Vagabond Vixen

S01E09 The Case of the Vagabond Vixen

November 16, 1957 53 min
Hollywood producer John Addison picks up an attractive young woman hitchhiker. Far from being innocent she turns out to be a blackmailer and a witness to a murder that Addison is charged with. Perry, as...
The Case of the Runaway Corpse

S01E10 The Case of the Runaway Corpse

November 23, 1957 52 min
Ed Davenport learns that a sandwich he requested to be tested by a lab contains arsenic and blames his wife Myrna. When he confronts her about his suspicions she denies it. He leaves for a...
The Case of the Crooked Candle

S01E11 The Case of the Crooked Candle

November 30, 1957 8.0 53 min
While Martha Bradford is waiting for her appointment at a beauty parlour, she meets Rita Bradford who apparently is also married to Joe Bradford and lives at the same address. Joe Bradford is preparing for...
The Case of the Negligent Nymph

S01E12 The Case of the Negligent Nymph

December 7, 1957 52 min
Perry Mason and Paul Drake are on a fishing trip when they spot a young woman named Sally Fenner being pursued by vicious guard dogs on an island estate. The only way Sally can avoid...
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink

S01E13 The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink

December 14, 1957 53 min
Restrauteur Morey Allen, a friend of Perry and Della's, has a problem: his waitress, Dixie Dayton, was struck by a car while fleeing the restaurant after spotting a man stalking her. The only item she...
The Case of the Baited Hook

S01E14 The Case of the Baited Hook

December 21, 1957 52 min
Robert Dawson confronts Albert Tydings, his partner, about $80K missing from Carol Stanley's trust account. Albert Tydings admits he embezzled the money and blackmails Robert Dawson to keep quiet or he will reveal some scandalous...
The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse

S01E15 The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse

December 28, 1957 53 min
Perry and Della witness an automobile accident which leads Perry to defend an exotic dancer charged with murder.
The Case of the Demure Defendant

S01E16 The Case of the Demure Defendant

January 4, 1958 52 min
Nadine Marshall lives with her Uncle Martin and Captain Hugo. She comes home excited with the news of her engagement to John Locke. When she tells her Uncle Martin, he shows her some papers about...
The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary

S01E17 The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary

January 11, 1958 53 min
Arlene Dowling reports the theft of all her belongings, including a diary she is anxious to get back.
The Case of the Cautious Coquette

S01E18 The Case of the Cautious Coquette

January 18, 1958 52 min
Perry has to navigate his way through a hornet's nest of murder, hit-and-run, secret marriage, and a missing witness in this episode.
The Case of the Haunted Husband

S01E19 The Case of the Haunted Husband

January 25, 1958 53 min
Claire Olger is hitchhiking because her purse was stolen at the bus station and is picked up by Michael Greeley. He loses control of the car and has an accident due to his being intoxicated....
The Case of the Lonely Heiress

S01E20 The Case of the Lonely Heiress

February 1, 1958 52 min
Heiress Marilyn Cartright places an ad in a magazine in order to find love and companionship. In reality, Marilyn is looking for the con artist who swindled and drove her sister to suicide. Marilyn eventually...
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister

S01E21 The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister

February 8, 1958 53 min
Arthur West, a disreputable private investigator, has found J. J. Stanley in a cheap motel. He knows Mr. Stanley and his partner Ned Bain were involved in the embezzlement of the Texas National Bank. He...
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse

S01E22 The Case of the Fugitive Nurse

February 15, 1958 52 min
Janet Norris is charged with poisoning her doctor husband just before he flew to his death in his private plane. Further investigation reveals that Dr. Norris did not die in the plane crash and that...
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness

S01E23 The Case of the One-Eyed Witness

February 22, 1958 53 min
Della and Perry's dinner at a fancy French restaurant is interrupted by a phone call and an envelope containing $500.00 from a mysterious woman named Marian Fargo. She wants him to make an exchange for...
The Case of the Deadly Double

S01E24 The Case of the Deadly Double

March 1, 1958 9.0 52 min
When Robert Crane is charged with the murder of his sister's estranged husband Perry needs the testimony of sister Helen Reed to clear him of the charge. Unfortunately for all concerned, Helen suffers from multiple...
The Case of the Empty Tin

S01E25 The Case of the Empty Tin

March 8, 1958 53 min
Doris Hocksley is shown a personal newspaper ad in a Los Angeles newspaper for locating the daughter of Adam Hocksley and providing proof of same. A friend, John Lowell, suggests she pursue the idea to...
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife

S01E26 The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife

March 15, 1958 52 min
Frank Lawton goes to visit old friend Scott Shelby and ends up being charged with his muder. Fortunately for Lawton, Perry Mason is another old friend of his and he arrives on the scene to...
The Case of the Desperate Daughter

S01E27 The Case of the Desperate Daughter

March 22, 1958 52 min
Stefan Riker has come from Germany seeking the woman posing as Lisa Bannister and she believes he can cause her to be deported back to Germany. Attempting to help her stepmother, Doris Bannister pretends to...
The Case of the Daring Decoy

S01E28 The Case of the Daring Decoy

March 29, 1958 52 min
Daniel Conway is involved in a vicious proxy war with Warner Griffith for control of an oil company. Conway's secretary, Rose Calvert, is spying for Griffith. When Rose is found dead, Conway fears he's being...
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess

S01E29 The Case of the Hesitant Hostess

April 5, 1958 52 min
When Albert Sanders is charged with the murder of dance hall girl, Kim Lane, Perry offers to defend him pro bono because he knows Sanders is down on his luck and still devastated over the...
The Case of the Screaming Woman

S01E30 The Case of the Screaming Woman

April 26, 1958 52 min
Gossip columnist Mary K. Davis is found murdered and it seems there is no shortage of suspects. There was her politician-husband to whom she refused to grant a divorce. There was her timid secretary whom...
The Case of the Fiery Fingers

S01E31 The Case of the Fiery Fingers

May 3, 1958 52 min
When wealthy Louise Gordon is poisoned to death her nurse is charged with the crime. Perry does some digging and discovers that the first wife of the victim's husband also died of poisoning. Is the...
The Case of the Substitute Face

S01E32 The Case of the Substitute Face

May 10, 1958 52 min
Perry and Della are traveling on a cruise ship returning to Los Angeles from Vancouver. A fellow passenger, Carl Houser, who recently came into a bunch of money, and his wife and daughter end up...
The Case of the Long-Legged Models

S01E33 The Case of the Long-Legged Models

May 17, 1958 52 min
Racketeer George Castle kills Las Vegas hotel owner Glenn Faulkner over a gambling debt and sets his sights on land inherited by Faulkner's daughter, Stephanie. When Castle turns up murdered as well, Stephanie finds herself...
The Case of the Gilded Lily

S01E34 The Case of the Gilded Lily

May 24, 1958 52 min
Enid Griffin, the secretary of Stewart Brent, attempts to commit suicide after learning her boss has married. Arthur Binney attempts to blackmail Stewart Brent with facts about his new wife having been in jail for...
The Case of the Lazy Lover

S01E35 The Case of the Lazy Lover

May 31, 1958 52 min
Attempting to miss hitting her stepfather's car, Patricia Faxon swerves as she enters her driveway and hits the hedges. After asking her stepfather, Bertrand Allred, to move his car, he finds Bob Fleetwood badly hurt...
The Case of the Prodigal Parent

S01E36 The Case of the Prodigal Parent

June 7, 1958 52 min
Lorraine Stevens is fighting off the advances of the owner of the import-export company where she works, Philip Larkin. Later that evening she is asked to pick up something at the Alcorn Jewelers store. The...
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde

S01E37 The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde

June 14, 1958 52 min
A visit from an attractive blonde sporting a black eye sequeways into a case concerning a wealthy man's long lost grandson and murder.
The Case of the Terrified Typist

S01E38 The Case of the Terrified Typist

June 21, 1958 52 min
While a woman is searching the office of the South African Diamond Company, George Baxter enters to meet Walter Lumis and Duane Jefferson. He notices things in disarray and questions the woman. She makes an...
The Case of the Rolling Bones

S01E39 The Case of the Rolling Bones

June 28, 1958 52 min
When Daniel Reed (Edgar Stehli) finds himself being blackmailed by an old business partner from his time in Alaska, Perry must first save him from the insane asylum and then the gas chamber. Convinced that...

Cast

Raymond Burr
Raymond Burr
Perry Mason
Barbara Hale
Barbara Hale
Della Street
William Hopper
William Hopper
Paul Drake
William Talman
William Talman
Hamilton Burger
Ray Collins
Ray Collins
Lieutenant Tragg

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