Perry Mason

Season 5

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.

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30 Episodes

  • The Case of the Jealous Journalist
    E1
    The Case of the Jealous JournalistAfter the death of a newspaper publisher, the failing company is split between two families; one led by Joe Davies. He is engaged to marry a step-niece who owns the tiebreaker shares. After breaking the engagement, she is found murdered.
  • The Case of the Impatient Partner
    E2
    The Case of the Impatient PartnerAmory Fallon returns after a long business trip to Mexico to find one of his plants burned and with a very suspicious mind. He doesn't go home and seems to trust no one. When his partner is found murdered, he is charged with the murder.
  • The Case of the Missing Melody
    E3
    The Case of the Missing MelodyPolly Courtland leaves Eddy King at the altar but refuses to say why. He asks Perry, a friend of her family, to find out why, but Perry has little luck. When Eddy learns that someone blackmailing Polly is murdered, he tries to help her.
  • The Case of the Malicious Mariner
    E4
    The Case of the Malicious MarinerJerry Griffin signs onto a freighter that nearly sinks in a storm until he takes command when the captain is hurt. The captain is furious with him for dumping the cargo. When the captain is found murdered, Jerry is charged with it.
  • The Case of the Crying Comedian
    E5
    The Case of the Crying ComedianComic Charlie Hatch learns that the woman he loved and lost, Anne Gilrain, has escaped from a sanitarium to which she was forced to commit herself by her husband, Tom. When Tom Gilrain is murdered, Charlie is afraid that Anne did the deed and sets himself up as a likely suspect to protect her. Perry arrives on the scene to try and free Charlie from his abysmal stupidity.
  • The Case of the Meddling Medium
    E6
    The Case of the Meddling MediumPhony psychic Phillip Paisley meets a grisly death when an elevator that has been tampered with crashes. In the climactic scene Perry sets up another fantastic demonstration to prove his client innocent and expose the real culprit.
  • The Case of the Pathetic Patient
    E7
    The Case of the Pathetic PatientDr. Edley is accused of malpractice by a man who wants $5,000 to settle the case. Due to a fire burning some x-rays, he tries to find another doctor's records. His wife's ex-boyfriend tells him to settle but ends up murdered.
  • The Case of the Traveling Treasure
    E8
    The Case of the Traveling TreasureScot Cahill has a contract with Karl Magovern to take his party to kelp beds near Mexico each weekend. Magovern canceled but suddenly decides to go. Perry is called when Magovern is found murdered and suspected of smuggling stolen gold.
  • The Case of the Posthumous Painter
    E9
    The Case of the Posthumous PainterArtist Jack Culross fakes his own suicide and sees the sales of his paintings go through the roof. His only problem was that he forgot to inform his wife Edna of the scheme. After Edna sees a completed painting of Jack's that she knows he didn't finish while he was "alive" she gets wise. Edna manages to track down her "deceased" husband but they fight and she knocks him down. Then he's found dead. Edna must stand trial for murder.
  • The Case of the Injured Innocent
    E10
    The Case of the Injured InnocentWalter Eastman is putting money behind the development of a rotary engine and it has yet to prove itself on the racetrack. The young Italian test driver deliberately crashes the car, and later ends up dead. Perry has to defend Eastman.
  • The Case of the Left-Handed Liar
    E11
    The Case of the Left-Handed LiarHealth club instructor Ward Nichols wants to marry the daughter of his employer, Bernard Daniels, but Ward's estranged wife, Veronica, is pressuring him for money and claiming to be pregnant. Things blow up in everyone's face when Bernard is found crunched with a dumbbell at the club. Perry, as usual, arrives on the scene to get at the truth.
  • The Case of the Brazen Bequest
    E12
    The Case of the Brazen BequestCharles Cromwell, the president-elect of Euclid College, worries that some less than stellar moments from his past will be exposed when Maisie Freitag arrives on the scene to make an unusual beguest to the college. Needless to say, murder eventually finds its way to the campus.
  • The Case of the Renegade Refugee
    E13
    The Case of the Renegade RefugeeHarlan Merrill is acting strangely at the same time a reporter reveals he is looking for an escaped Nazi among the executives of an aerospace company. Merrill tries to see Mason but misses him. When the reporter is killed, he is charged.
  • The Case of the Unwelcome Bride
    E14
    The Case of the Unwelcome BrideGreg Frazer is the son of a successful investment manager who is disappointed Greg has led a wasted life and married the entertainer Sue Ellen. When Greg is found murdered with her standing over the body holding a knife, she is charged.
  • The Case of the Roving River
    E15
    The Case of the Roving RiverJudy Bryant is an independent girl who becomes her own worst enemy. She is involved in a land dispute that her long-lost stepfather can help with but he needs $10,000. When the package with the money she delivers explodes, she is charged.
  • The Case of the Shapely Shadow
    E16
    The Case of the Shapely ShadowJanice Wainwright is a dedicated secretary to Morley Theilman who becomes concerned when she learns he is being blackmailed. Perry advises her to follow through with her instructions but it results in her being charged with his murder.
  • The Case of the Captain's Coins
    E17
    The Case of the Captain's CoinsHistorian Phillip Andrews tries to make a case that his fiancee, Evelyn Faraday, is entitled to a share of a shipping company fortune. Phillip then finds himself accused of murdering the company's top man.
  • The Case of the Tarnished Trademark
    E18
    The Case of the Tarnished TrademarkAxel Norstaad is a Dane who has built a furniture business around old-world craftsmanship. He is fulfilling his dream to sell the shop and using the proceeds to build a children's hospital. However, the buyer is a con man who is murdered.
  • The Case of the Glamorous Ghost
    E19
    The Case of the Glamorous GhostEleanor Corbin pleads amnesia after police find her running and screaming through the woods near her apartment building. Her loss of memory is of little help to her when she is later charged with murder.
  • The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal
    E20
    The Case of the Poison Pen-PalPeter Gregson's aunt is murdered after she investigates a company leak that may involve Peter's old secretary, Karen Ross. Karen travels to San Francisco to see the aunt and, ultimately, is charged with her murder due to pen-pal letters.
  • The Case of the Mystified Miner
    E21
    The Case of the Mystified MinerNaïve secretary Susan Fisher, working overtime, tries to help her boss' employer who comes to town to check the books but digs herself deeper into trouble. She is charged with murder when another company employee is found dead.
  • The Case of the Crippled Cougar
    E22
    The Case of the Crippled CougarMike Preston is a bitter man who despises Hugh Jamison because he mistakenly believes Jamison stole $100,000 from him and is responsible for him being crippled. Trying to entrap Jamison, Preston makes a mistake and is set up for murder by the real thief.
  • The Case of the Absent Artist
    E23
    The Case of the Absent ArtistCartoonist Pete Manders is elated when the owner of the comic strip "Zingy" offers to sell him the strip for a song. Pete is less than elated when he learns that his girlfriend Leslie is running away to Europe with Gabe Phillips, the strip owner. When Phiilips is murdered, Pete is charged with the crime and retains Perry's services. Investigating the case, Perry soon discovers that the deceased Phillips was leading a double life.
  • The Case of the Melancholy Marksman
    E24
    The Case of the Melancholy MarksmanTed Chase discovers that his bitchy second wife, Irene, might have killed his first wife and contemplates revenge but someone else gets to Irene first. In his defense of Ted, Perry discovers that Irene's past was even more sordid and corrupt than previously believed.
  • The Case of the Angry Astronaut
    E25
    The Case of the Angry AstronautMitch Heller is having emotional problems doing his job as a test astronaut at a private company. The problems become worse when a new man taking over is the general who fired Heller from the Mercury program. Heller is charged with murder.
  • The Case of the Borrowed Baby
    E26
    The Case of the Borrowed BabyPerry and Della find a baby in his office leading Della to be a mom and Perry trying to find the mother. He finds another man is also trying to sell information about the baby. When he is found dead, the mother looks to be guilty.
  • The Case of the Counterfeit Crank
    E27
    The Case of the Counterfeit CrankGus Dalgran has been acting strangely and his business is suffering from someone embezzling. As things spiral out of his control, his nephew decides to have him declared incompetent. When the nephew is murdered, Gus is charged.
  • The Case of the Ancient Romeo
    E28
    The Case of the Ancient RomeoA new actress takes over the part of Juliet in a theater company's L.A. show, upsetting the members. Steve Brock is especially upset when his girlfriend loses the part. He is charged when the theater company owner is killed after a fight scene with him.
  • The Case of the Promoter's Pillbox
    E29
    The Case of the Promoter's PillboxAspiring screenwriter Herbert Simms submits his first teleplay to producer Charlie Corby who tries to use the manuscript as his own. Corby's scheme comes a cropper when he gets fatally whacked over the head with a whiskey bottle after a party. Herbert happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and is seen running from the scene of the crime. Guess who gets arrested for murder?
  • The Case of the Lonely Eloper
    E30
    The Case of the Lonely EloperMerle Telford is nearly 21 but her guardian's overbearing wife relentlessly infantilizes her so she has a youngster's personality. She plans to elope after her birthday but she's charged when her aunt is murdered, and diamonds are stolen.

Cast of Season 5

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

 

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