Perry Mason
Season 1
39 episodes
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S01E01 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Restless Redhead
Attorney Perry Mason's attractive client claims she was chased by a hooded man in a car. Now she's wanted for his murder...and hasn't been too honest about her past arrest as a jewel thief.
Pilot note — From the desk: Perry Mason opens its catalog run with “Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Restless Redhead” (1957-09-21). Invented the modern legal procedural's comfort contract with the audience. Raymond Burr's carefully managed public image is a masterclass in old Hollywood PR.
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S01E02 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece
When his stepbrother is found dead, a man is charged with murder and is accused of using his sleepwalking as a cover-up.
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S01E03 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Nervous Accomplice
A wealthy woman hires Mason to buy stock in her husband's land company, hoping to force his mistress out. But her plan goes awry when she is charged with murder.
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S01E04 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Drowning Duck
Perry Mason, Della Street and Paul Drake head to a small town to defend a young man who is charged with poisoning a blackmailer.
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S01E05 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sulky Girl
An impetuous niece who demands her trust fund be released comes to Perry Mason for help. But it's her boyfriend who needs defending when he is charged with murdering her controlling uncle.
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S01E06 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Silent Partner
The owner of a lucrative orchid business is charged with murder after her husband loses shares in the company to sleazy ex-con in a poker game.
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S01E07 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Angry Mourner
There's no rest for Perry Mason. While on vacation at his remote cabin, a woman in the area is charged with the murder of a playboy.
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S01E08 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Crimson Kiss
When a lipstick print is found on the forehead of a murder victim, Mason's client is charged with the crime, even though she and her roommate were poisoned and unconscious at the time.
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S01E09 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Vagabond Vixen
A film mogul discovers that a pretty hitchhiker may be trying to blackmail him. And he has other worries...he's just been charged with murdering his rival.
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S01E10 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Runaway Corpse
A man may be faking his own death after he is diagnosed with arsenic poisoning and his "body" disappears.
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S01E11 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Crooked Candle
Two women show up at a beauty parlor and find out they share the same name, address...and husband. When the supposed bigamist is killed, the way a candle burns becomes a clue to the mystery.
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S01E12 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Negligent Nymph
While on a fishing trip, Perry Mason and Paul Drake pull a beautiful woman out of the ocean. In her possession is a note she found, intended for her employer, accusing him of killing his rich aunt.
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S01E13 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
Perry and Della's visit to a restaurant is interupted when a waitress is shot at. After they hide her mink, they discover it contains a pawn ticket that may hold the key to the past murder of a police officer.
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S01E14 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Baited Hook
A bossy woman walks into Mason's office and demands he represent her ward, a young girl who inherited a large sum of money...$80,000 of which is missing.
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S01E15 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse
When Perry Mason finds some possessions that belong to a fan dancer, he places an ad that several people mistake for a missing horse. Not only does another dancer show up, but so does her husband...dead.
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S01E16 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Demure Defendant
A timid young woman who was browbeaten by her wealthy uncle is charged with his murder. She confesses while under the influence of truth serum, but Perry Mason has his doubts.
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S01E17 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary
A gorgeous woman's trailer was stolen while she was sunbathing, so she asks for Perry's help in finding it. She claims it contains her diary, which details the truthful account of a notorious bank heist.
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S01E18 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Cautious Coquette
While investigation a hit-and-run, Perry Mason meets a model who is being blackmailed by her estranged husband. When the husband shows up dead, our hero suspects the two cases are related.
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S01E19 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Haunted Husband
A girl is picked up by a drunk driver who hits a truck and escapes. When the girl is charged with manslaughter, her best friend plays spy for Perry Mason to find out how a movie producer is involved.
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S01E20 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Lonely Heiress
Detective Paul Drake helps a magazine publisher locate an heiress. But when the publisher is cut out of a deal and a con man is poisoned, the heiress is charged with murder.
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S01E21 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Green-eyed Sister
A dowdy woman comes to Perry Mason for help. Her wealthy father is being blackmailed, and she's afraid if her fiance' finds out, he'll break off their engagement.
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S01E22 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
The wife of a prominent physician is arrested for drugging her husband, causing him to crash his private plane. But then he turns up alive, living in Mexico with a beautiful nurse.
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S01E23 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the One-eyed Witness
When a woman is accused of killing both her husband and her blackmailer - who were behind an extortion plot - the only witness to her whereabouts is a lady with an eyepatch.
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S01E24 The Case of the Deadly Double
After her brother is accused of murder, a schizophrenic woman is put on the witness stand. So Perry cross-examines both sides of her split personality.
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S01E25 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Empty Tin
A simple inheritance case turns into murder as Mason's client is found in a locked room, beside a body, with a gun clutched in her hand.
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S01E26 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
A husband - jealous of his wife's relationship with the hired hand - sets up his own disappearance...only he winds up murdered instead.
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S01E27 The Case of the Desperate Daughter
When a man from East Berlin threatens a rancher's wife, the rancher's daughter romances him to protect her stepmother - but is then accused of killing him.
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S01E28 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Daring Decoy
An attractive secretary, spying on an oil executive in order to help his rival, is found murdered. And Perry's star witness is an elevator operator who identifies suspects by their shoes.
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S01E29 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
While defending a client from a murder charge, Perry Mason and secretary Della Street inadvertenlty uncover a crime ring involving dance-hall hostesses.
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S01E30 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Screaming Woman
A powerful newspaper columnist who browbeat everyone around her is murdered. And a book containing the names of innocent pople who could be slandered is now missing.
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S01E31 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Fiery Fingers
Perry defends a sweet old lady who was nurse to a wealthy woman. Apparently, when the woman died, arsenic was found in the milk she was given just before her death.
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S01E32 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Substitute Face
While sailing home on a cruise ship, Perry and Della briefly meet an accountant who is later pushed overboard. His wife is accused of killing him, and his daughter has mysteriously disappeared.
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S01E33 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Long-Legged Models
A series of indentical guns are admitted as evidence in a murder trial. But which one killed a sleazy Las Vegas operator who had the goods on everyone he knew?
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S01E34 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Gilded Lily
When a blackmailer is found dead, suspicion falls upon three beautiful blondes: the defendant's wife, his receptionist, and his personal secretary who holds a grudge.
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S01E35 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Lazy Lover
When the ne'er-do-well husband of a wealthy woman is killed, a series of footprints at the crime scene belong to any number of suspects - who all deny having been there.
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S01E36 The Case of the Prodigal Parent
A secretary, who was harassed by the boss she once dated, has a solid alibi when he is killed. But his stepfather does not - and his fingerprints are all over the murder weapon.
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S01E37 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Black-eyed Blonde
An attractive blonde shows up at Perry's office with a black eye and claims the stepson of her wealthy employer did it. But when her roommate is murdered, the police accuse her.
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S01E38 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Terrified Typist
After a woman tries to steal some letters from an office in Perry's building, she masquerades as a temp for Della in order to escape the police. Later, it's discovered that she stumbled upon a murder plot.
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S01E39 Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Rolling Bones
An old man seems to be giving his money away, something his nephew and wife try to stop by having him committed. But once he escapes from the sanitarium, he's accused of murder.
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