Perry Mason

Perry Mason x7272

1957
Perry Mason
Perry Mason

Perry Mason x7272

8.3 | TV-PG | en | Drama

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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EP1  The Case of the Laughing Lady
Sep. 12,1965
The Case of the Laughing Lady

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
The Case of the Fatal Fortune

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
The Case of the Candy Queen

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
The Case of the Cheating Chancellor

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
The Case of the Impetuous Imp

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 Case of the Carefree Coronary

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
The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner

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
The Case of the Twelfth Wildcat

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
The Case of the Wrathful Wraith

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
The Case of the Runaway Racer

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
The Case of the Silent Six

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
The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein

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
The Case of the Baffling Bug

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
The Case of the Golden Girls

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
The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers

Aspiring actor Tony Polk lands a job on a popular TV program. Part of his job consists of dres 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
The Case of the Midnight Howler

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
The Case of the Vanishing Victim

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
The Case of the Golfer's Gambit

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 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
The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise

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
The Case of the Scarlet Scandal

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
The Case of the Twice-Told Twist

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
The Case of the Avenging Angel

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
The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara

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
The Case of the Fanciful Frail

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
The Case of the Unwelcome Well

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
The Case of the Dead Ringer

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
The Case of the Misguided Model

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
The Case of the Positive Negative

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
The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper

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
The Case of the Final Fadeout

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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8.3 | TV-PG | en | Mystery | More Info
Released: 1957-09-21 | Released Producted By: CBS , TCF Television Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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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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Mystery

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Ray Collins

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Jackson Gillis

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Jackson Gillis
Jackson Gillis

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Sam White
Sam White

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Seeleg Lester
Seeleg Lester

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Christian Nyby
Christian Nyby

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Jesse Hibbs
Jesse Hibbs

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László Benedek
Jerry Hopper
Jerry Hopper

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Perry Mason Audience Reviews 226z4a

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen
WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.
Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
BigSkyMax Here's the deal.In September of 1957, CBS television began broadcasting Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr. The title character was a fictional lawyer made popular by author Erle Stanley Gardner in a series of novels in the 1930s. There had been a half-dozen Perry Mason films and a long-running radio program. Gardner hated them. But he had signed away creative control on the lure of a barrelful of money, and which of us hasn't done that? I would, for a hoot.Twenty years later, the new medium of television brought new contracts with new . Gardner could now show Mason the way he wanted – a bold knight of the courtroom, besting the foes of honest men and women, his only weapon a sharp mind, his only shield the law.Perry Mason the TV show was an immediate hit. It had stylish sets, expensive out-of-studio production costs, solid acting, writing and directing, and, best of all, showcased a steady stream of handsome actors and beautiful Hollywood starlets. It set a high standard for all the legal American television shows to follow, from Burr's own Ironside in the 1970s to today's fifteen or so Law and Order franchises.While the show's black-and-white format might turn off some, most viewers appreciate the noir flavor of bygone Hollywood glamour.Perry Mason is an American icon, both national and personal. This show has been on in the background of my life for over five decades. Yet until last year, 2015 (pause) I'd never seen a complete episode.It was always a show I meant to watch, but since it was always there, what's the hurry? It was background video, the way Friends would be for another generation. Perry Mason, along with Gilligan's Island, was one of the great "filler shows" in early cable television. When 24-hour cable television debuted in the late 70s, programmers had a dilemma: There wasn't enough programming to fill all the time. One hour-long Perry Mason reruns helped fill the void.Unfortunately, Perry Mason's popularity also made it a victim. The original programs ran a fat 52-53 minutes, leaving a scant seven to eight minutes for commercials. Cable rs demand more time to sell more junk. So the shows are sliced, diced and time-compressed to fit a new market. Last year I watched a PM on a "hallmark" mystery channel, and I swear it had a whopping 20-22 minutes of advertising packed in. How? By cutting out whole scenes and characters. But beginning in 2006, DVDs offered a return to the original intent of the lawyer.On January 1, 2016 I resolved to watch all 271 episodes of the CBS- TV Perry Mason show. The gift of modern technology makes this project most achievable and pleasant. A fella, an ambitious fella, can own the set of the entire nine seasons, 72 disks, for a mere $150. If you don't care to spend that much, there are a couple of alternatives.First, there's a stream available on CBS Online for about $7 a month. I tried that for a while but didn't like it. Here on the Montana range, my internet speed via Charter Communications is about 62 mbps, apparently not enough to prevent image buffering, so the shows flicker and repeat themselves, like an old film. Moreover, CBS only offered the first five seasons, and not even all episodes. That seems odd.You might find some of the DVDs at the library, but its a bit bothersome. In the end, possession is nine-tenths of the fun.http://www.littlebigtownmt.com/
flemmerdave I recently stumbled upon re-runs of this T.V. classic. After re- acquainting myself with this classic gem, I am very happy these episodes are available again. When I was a much younger man, I watched this show in my darkened living room, eating a ham sandwich, trying to anticipate who was the real killer before Perry revealed the truth at the conclusion of each episode. I wasn't very successful in that exercise. Now, the reason for my contribution here: when I first saw these shows, I was in my very early teens, and my ion was baseball, not girls, and, as a result, I was in no position to comment on the attractiveness of the actresses on PM. Now, just thinking about playing baseball makes my shoulder scream in protest, and I very much appreciate beautiful women. I am amazed at the sheer numbers of truly gorgeous women that appeared on this show---to mention only one, a young and drop-dead gorgeous Barbara Eden. The producers and casting staff are to be commended. I, for one, appreciate their decisions.
drystyx Lawyer Perry Mason is what we would like lawyers to be. TV Show Perry Mason is what we would like court cases to be.Was life every this way? It's easy to look around today and "No way", but those who didn't have many experiences before the information age simply don't have "information" to go on.There was a time of "naivette", of rotary phones, of waiting for news.Still, the episodes of "Perry Mason" depict a world that was way before my time, the fifties, when I was born.The characters behave believably, except for the final confession in the courtroom. It had to be a great stand up comic joke at the time.I always got a kick out of Hamilton Burger, the opposing attorney, who never could beat Perry Mason. Again, another tailor made stand up comic joke.It was the "atmosphere" that made the show. A safe world, partially safe because of Perry Mason and his crew, as well as Lt. Tragg and Hamilton Burger. A world where people treated each other with respect. A world where being disrespectful wasn't rewarded.It's a black and white world, and often the world is black and white. There aren't as many "gray" situations in real life as the modernists want you to think. That's part of their "snake oil".
telepinus1525 I never saw this series until I was a small kid, with the later seasons, early 60's. Now I'm glad that my local station is re-running it in its' entirety. Not only for the great writing, direction, photography, but also for the constant parade of old pros as guest stars! One of my favorite B-movie "bad girls", Marie Windsor,(The Narrow Margin) appears four times in the series; but will she be a victim, client, or killer? When I was a kid I was about the only person I knew that knew who Dabbs Greer(House of Wax) was, or cared! For some reason I loved knowing who such-and-such was, and where they had previously appeared. A friend of mine has the same trivia affliction as I do, so I started taping "Perry Mason" for our mutual entertainment! If there's nothing exciting on TV, we'll sit down for a Perry Mason episode block, have some pizza and beer, and go: "hey! there's Ted De Corsia!"(The Killing) And, "Isn't that Walter Burke?"(All the king's men), "Elisha Cook Jr.!(Also, "The Killing")" or, "Malcolm Atterbury!"(North by northwest) "Arthur Franz!"(The Sniper),Osa Massen!"(Rocketship XM), and there's George Macready!"(Gilda), Yep, I've got character actor trivia bad. How about you?