Perry Mason

Season 4

TV-PG
Perry Mason is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, he often finds that by digging deeply into the facts, startling facts can be revealed. Often relying on his outstanding courtroom skills, he often tricks or traps people into unwittingly admitting their guilt.

28 Episodes

  • The Case of the Treacherous Toupee
    E1
    The Case of the Treacherous ToupeeTyrannical company president Hartley Bassett returns from the dead after two years. His first act is to fire Peter Dawson which makes Dawson the prime suspect when Bassett is found dead with two bullet holes in him. Perry thinks he has an ace in the hole this time when Dick Hart and his new wife, Teddi, both swear they saw a different assailant at the scene of the crime. Then Teddi and Dick disappear.
  • The Case of the Credulous Quarry
    E2
    The Case of the Credulous QuarryIn an unusual case, Perry clears his client from a hit-and-run homicide only to find him charged with first-degree murder instead. As a favor to another attorney, Perry's client had agreed to help cover up a hit-and-run accident for him.
  • The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker
    E3
    The Case of the Ill-Fated FakerJim Ferris is having an affair with his uncle's bored young wife. They concoct a scheme to finagle $80,000.00 from the uncle by faking a kidnapping. Things go horribly wrong when secretary Betty Wilkins, acting as a go-between, is charged with the murder of Jim Ferris.
  • The Case of the Singular Double
    E4
    The Case of the Singular DoublePerry is accused of obstructing justice in this case when he defends a woman who had previously faked her own suicide by running her empty car off a cliff. It seems as though the police found the body of another woman in the wreckage.
  • The Case of the Lavender Lipstick
    E5
    The Case of the Lavender LipstickAt Caresse Cosmetics, Max Pompey fires Karen Lewis for allegedly selling new formulas to competitor Gabe Rawson. Karen goes missing and her boyfriend, Peter Nichols, consults Perry Mason. She may be hiding something from her childhood.
  • The Case of the Wandering Widow
    E6
    The Case of the Wandering WidowRiley Morgan is freed from prison after a seaman comes forth after six years to confirm his alibi for a murder. However, the seaman indirectly tries to use Morgan's situation to blackmail the principals in the case and is murdered.
  • The Case of the Clumsy Clown
    E7
    The Case of the Clumsy ClownFour years after a half-owner of a circus is mauled by a tiger, the two owners are trying to buy out each other. Both are after a clown in the circus for the funds. The second owner is blackmailing him about his wife's second marriage.
  • The Case Of The Provocative Protégé
    E8
    The Case Of The Provocative ProtégéA renowned concert pianist with a disabled hand appears to commit suicide invalidating his life insurance. A fight starts over the future of his young protégé. When the suicide becomes a homicide, it is the protégé who is charged.
  • The Case of the Nine Dolls
    E9
    The Case of the Nine DollsAs Perry prepares to go to Scotland on vacation, a little girl arrives in his office asking him to determine who she is. His search takes him to Switzerland where he meets a woman who becomes his client after a murder.
  • The Case of the Loquacious Liar
    E10
    The Case of the Loquacious LiarLester Martin's life takes a horrible turn for the worse when a man breaks into his apartment, forces him at gun-point to drink half a bottle of Scotch, and then drives him into the country. Lester's circumstances then go from awful to good grief when he's charged with the murder of his step-father who was trying to takeover the family boat company.
  • The Case of the Red Riding Boots
    E11
    The Case of the Red Riding BootsAnn Farwell is miserable over the separation of her parents. Things aren't made any better when her father starts seeing Rita Conover, a scheming woman half his age. When Rita turns up dead both Ann and her mother think the other committed the crime which causes Perry great difficulty in defending the ranch hand who's been charged.
  • The Case of the Larcenous Lady
    E12
    The Case of the Larcenous LadyWhen an important government job is offered to the Mayor of Upton, his wife will go to any lengths to help her husband get the job including putting her own illegal activities on hold and resorting to blackmail which ends with her murder.
  • The Case of the Envious Editor
    E13
    The Case of the Envious EditorA new CEO has taken over control of a declining magazine with the intent to change it over the objections of the founder's son. The CEO, ruthlessly using blackmail to get what he wants, is murdered. The wife of the founder's son is charged.
  • The Case of the Resolute Reformer
    E14
    The Case of the Resolute ReformerPerry represents a citizen's group in hearings on a proposed aqueduct to be named after county engineer William Harper Caine. Perry gets a stop work order until a section of the proposed location can be checked for an underground spring. Eventually, Caine needs Perry's help when he's accused of murdering Roger Quigley, the project's chief contractor.
  • The Case of the Fickle Fortune
    E15
    The Case of the Fickle FortuneRalph Duncan is a civil servant whose job is to inventory the estates of wealthy decedants. One day, he returns home with $153,000.00 worth of old greenbacks he discovered while going through a recently deceased old woman's home. Duncan took the money on a lark and was planning to return it the next day but his shifty cousin decides to purloin the bundle. Duncan is then accused of theft and later murder.
  • The Case of the Waylaid Wolf
    E16
    The Case of the Waylaid WolfWomanizing playboy Loring Lamont has his sights set on Arlene Ferris, his father's shapely secretary. He lures her to his beachfront bachelor pad with seduction on his mind. Arlene slaps the rotter and flees taking Loring's car back into town. Things then go from awful to good grief for poor Arlene. After her departure someone stabs Loring to death and she's suspect number one.
  • The Case of the Wintry Wife
    E17
    The Case of the Wintry WifeA cold-hearted woman refuses to give her husband a divorce. His new invention gives him financial independence so his request for a divorce causes his wife to plan the destruction of the invention and his girlfriend but she is the victim.
  • The Case of the Angry Dead Man
    E18
    The Case of the Angry Dead ManA man who nearly drowns learns it is believed he is dead. Because he recently found he is dying, he decides to stay dead so his wife can collect his insurance. However, she is charged later when he is found shot dead after calling her.
  • The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff
    E19
    The Case of the Blind Man's BluffCrooked jewelry store owner Karl Addison learns that he needs an operation which will temporarily blind him. Addison makes plans to rob his own store knowing that his sightlessness will provide him with a perfect alibi. Things go wrong when someone kills the scheming Addison and steals the already pinched jewels. James Kincannon enlists Perry's aid when he's charged with the crime.
  • The Case of the Barefaced Witness
    E20
    The Case of the Barefaced WitnessThe setting in this episode is a small California town where because of a festival all men must wear beards. Paul Drake travels there to try to locate missing money which a former bank president embezzled. Paul eventually finds the money but he also finds a dead body as well. Perry arrives on the scene in order to straighten things out.
  • The Case of the Difficult Detour
    E21
    The Case of the Difficult DetourMallory Construction Co. is set to finish a road project on time and at a profit when Mallory learns he has trespassed, forcing a shutdown and bankruptcy. After learning he was swindled, Mallory goes after the swindler, who is murdered.
  • The Case of the Cowardly Lion
    E22
    The Case of the Cowardly LionTony Osgood is accused of killing a dentist helping treat a lion after he is found dead at the zoo. Osgood's girlfriend working at the zoo had been sponsored to enter the US from Germany by the dentist who has a mysterious background.
  • The Case of the Torid Tapestry
    E23
    The Case of the Torid TapestryClaude Demay is framed for burning an art collection in Brazil by Leonard Voss. After five years in prison, Demay returns to LA where he plots revenge using a copy of a tapestry he wove in prison. But, when Voss is murdered, he is charged.
  • The Case of the Violent Vest
    E24
    The Case of the Violent VestAdvertising executive Herman Albright is in the wrong place at the wrong time wearing the wrong clothes. These mistakes cost poor Herman his life in a case of mistaken identity. Perry is called on to defend the fashion model charged with the crime. It seems as though Herman had been hitting on her for quite a while with no success.
  • The Case of the Misguided Missile
    E25
    The Case of the Misguided MissileMajor Jerry Reynolds, who supervises missile development, is looking to leave the Air Force. Due to launch failures, the Air Force sends an investigator, who happens to have a grudge against Reynolds. When he is murdered, Jerry is charged.
  • The Case of the Duplicate Daughter
    E26
    The Case of the Duplicate DaughterCarter Gilman hires Perry to investigate a female private detective he believes is blackmailing his wife. When Perry calls Paul to look into it, Paul tells him the woman was found murdered. Gilman is charged as she was killed in his shop.
  • The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather
    E27
    The Case of the Grumbling GrandfatherA grandfather tries to warn his grandson, David, to stay away from a woman who was the secretary to the boy's dead uncle. David persists in helping her pay off her husband, who is blackmailing her. When he is found dead, David is charged.
  • The Case of the Guilty Clients
    E28
    The Case of the Guilty ClientsLola and Jeff Bronson are going through a divorce and can't wait to be rid of each other until Bill Ryder sabotages Jeff's business and makes a play for Lola. Ryder is then found dead with three bullet holes in his body and Jeff and Lola are the two prime suspects. Now they battle to cover for each other .

Cast of Season 4

  • Raymond BurrPerry Mason
  • Barbara HaleDella Street
  • William HopperPaul Drake
  • William TalmanHamilton Burger
  • Ray CollinsLieutenant Tragg
  • Erle Stanley GardnerWriter
  • Herbert HirschmanProducer
  • Christian NybyProducer
  • Arthur MarksProducer
  • Jesse HibbsProducer
  • William D. RussellProducer
  • László BenedekProducer
  • Jerry HopperProducer
  • Bernard L. KowalskiProducer
  • Art SeidProducer

 

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