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Almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances.
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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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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Episode 1
The drowning death of a newspaper executive during a fishing trip sets off all kinds of repercussions at the newspaper itself.
Directed by John EnglishGuest stars Frieda Inescort, Parley Baer, Claire Griswold, Roxanne Arlen, Irene Hervey, Denver Pyle, Linden Chiles, Bek Nelson
Episode 2
Paint manufacturer Amory Fallon suspects that his partner Ned Thompson is behind a mysterious fire and explosion.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by Adrian GendotGuest stars Ben Cooper, Frank Biro, Jack Betts, Leslie Parrish, Dan Seymour, Wesley Lau, Charles Stroud, Lucy Prentis
Episode 3
Perry and Della attend the wedding of Polly Courtland to Eddy King. The ceremony is halted at the altar when Polly begins screaming, "No! No!" and hurriedly exits the church. It seems as though Polly had spotted slimy George Sherwin holding an envelope containing photos of her younger sister checking into a Las Vegas hotel with a musician named Bongo White. Sherwin plans to ruin Polly and her family's reputation unless she gives up Eddy for him. Sherwin's plan comes a cropper when he's found shot to death. Eddy King is arrested for the crime.
Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiGuest stars James Drury, Barney Kessel, Constance Towers, Jo Morrow, Bobby Troup, Andrea King, Walter Burke, Crahan Denton
Episode 4
During a terrible storm at sea, First Officer Jerry Griffin dumps a million dollars worth of goods into the sea in order to lessen the chances of his cargo freighter sinking. Once on shore, Jerry is hauled before a maritime court which holds him responsible for the loss of the cargo. Captain Bancroft's testimony can clear Jerry but he is murdered before he can give it. Now Jerry stands accused of that crime too. Perry and Paul try to set things right once again.
Directed by Christian NybyGuest stars Sean McClory, George Sawaya, Roy Jenson, Tudor Owen, Max Showalter, Robert Armstrong, Victor Sen Yung, Edward Binns
Episode 5
Comic 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.
Directed by Arthur MarksGuest stars Sue Ane Langdon, Nestor Paiva, Jackie Coogan, Louis Mercier, Carl Milletaire, John Alvin, Gloria Talbott, Liam Sullivan
Episode 6
Phony 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.
Directed by Arthur MarksGuest stars Kent Smith, S. John Launer, Virginia Field, Sonya Wilde
Episode 7
Perry finds himself defending Dr. Wayne Edley who has been accused of committing two murders.
Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiGuest stars Peter Whitney, Mort Mills, Skip Homeier, Frank Cady, Wally Brown, Ed Kemmer, Maura McGiveney, Bill Erwin
Episode 8
Perry and Paul are all set to go deep see fishing on a boat owned by their friend, Scott Cahill, but when Cahill's regular customer wants the boat for the weekend they have to charter another. Later, Perry gets word that the Coast Guard has boarded Cahill's vessel looking for stolen gold. They found some of the bullion and the corpse of Karl McGovern. An autopsy reveals that McGovern was killed with a fatal dose of digitalis. Scott Cahill is charged with murder when the police theorize that he and the dead man were partners in stealing the gold. Writer: Robb White
Directed by Arthur MarksGuest stars Jackie Searl, Hardie Albright, Jeff York, Vaughn Taylor, Addison Richards, H.M. Wynant, Lisa Gaye, Lee Miller
Episode 9
Artist 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.
Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiGuest stars Nelson Leigh, Stuart Erwin, George Macready, James Griffith, Jason Evers, Carol Eve Rossen, Wesley Lau, Lee Miller
Episode 10
A really weird courtroom confession scene highlights this episode about the murder of a race car driver.
Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiGuest stars Jess Barker, Alejandro Rey, Audrey Dalton, Noel Drayton, S. John Launer, Frank Maxwell, John Conte, Raymond Bailey
Episode 11
Health 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.
Directed by Jerry HopperGuest stars Amzie Strickland, Richard Derr, Ed Nelson, Alan Baxter, Leslie Parrish, Dabbs Greer, Barbara Pepper, Joan Banks
Episode 12
Charles 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.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by Robert Leslie BellemGuest stars Dick Whittinghill, Will Wright, Elvia Allman, Strother Martin, Barbara Stuart, William Allyn, Mort Mills, Karl Weber
Episode 13
A journalist is murdered while tracking an ex-Nazi war criminal who may be posing as an executive at a company called Space Associates, Ltd.
Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiGuest stars Frank Overton, Ronald Long, Victor Izay, William Boyett, Denver Pyle, Paul Lambert, Dick Foran, Jennifer Howard
Episode 14
Wealthy Walter Frazer has always blamed his daughter-in-law Sue Ellen for his son Gregson's failures. You can only imagine how he feels when Sue Ellen is accused of Gregson's murder.
Directed by Gilbert KayGuest stars Torin Thatcher, Emile Meyer, Willis Bouchey, George E. Stone, Gerald Mohr, DeForest Kelley, Diana Millay, Wesley Lau
Episode 15
Perry is hired to help settle a land dispute in the Manzana Valley but the key witness is blown up by a homemade bomb. As usual, Perry's client is accused of the crime.
Directed by Jerry HopperGuest stars Harry Carey Jr., J. Pat O'Malley, Philip Ober, Bruce Bennett, Paul Fix, Karl Held, Sarah Marshall, Sherwood Price
Episode 16
Naive secretary Janice Wainwright carries out boss Morley Thielman's orders and places a briefcase containing more than $100,000.00 in a train station locker. Then she waits for the arrival of Thielman's ex-wife but Lt. Tragg arrives instead with an arrest warrant for Janice on the charge of murdering her boss. It seems as though witness Fred Carlyle saw a woman's shapely shadow through the shades of Thielman's office window shortly before the murder occurred.Carlyle believes the silhuette belonged to Janice. Perry manages to get to the bottom of things once the courtroom proceedings begin.
Directed by Christian NybyGuest stars Phil Arnold, Willis Bouchey, Elaine Devry, John Zaremba, George N. Neise, Robert Rockwell, James T. Callahan, Hal Smith
Episode 17
Historian 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.
Directed by Arthur MarksGuest stars Jay Novello, Don Beddoe, Herbert Rudley, Henry Beckman, Parley Baer, Arthur Franz, Eddie Quillan, Allison Hayes
Episode 18
Axel Norstaad sells his much respected furniture trademark to Martin Somers, described by some as the slide trombone of the furniture business. Somers immediately begins stripping the company of its assets and churning out inferior products. Axel protests these developments vehemently and when Somers is found murdered he gets arrested for the crime. To complicate things, Axel is in love with Edie Morrow whom he suspects might be the actual killer.
Directed by Jerry HopperGuest stars William Tracy, Karl Swenson, Tommy Farrell, S. John Launer, Morgan Woodward, Ted White, Harry Strang, Lisa Davis
Episode 19
Eleanor 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.
Directed by Arthur MarksGuest stars Mary Murphy, Coleen Gray, Vinton Hayworth, Jon Lormer, Merry Anders, Jeanne Cooper
Episode 20
A casual pen pal relationship leads to insider information and murder.
Directed by Arthur MarksGuest stars Marshall Reed, Everett Sloane, John Litel, Wright King, Diana Darrin, Patricia Breslin, Bert Freed, Naomi Stevens
Episode 21
Mason tries to clear his young, naive woman client, a corporate executive secretary, as a twisting and wheeling plot of murder, kidnapping, and embezzlement unfolds.
Directed by Francis D. LyonGuest stars Carlos Rivas, Kathie Browne
Episode 22
Mike 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.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Bob MitchellGuest stars Bill Williams, Willis Bouchey, John Howard, Noah Keen, Mort Mills, John Bryant, Rita Lynn, Simon Scott
Episode 23
Cartoonist 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.
Directed by Arthur MarksGuest stars Zasu Pitts, Arlene Martel, Victor Buono, Lane Bradford, Barney Phillips, Mark Roberts, Richard Erdman
Episode 24
Ted Chase discovers that his 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.
Directed by Jerry HopperGuest stars Peter Baldwin, Mari Blanchard, Jeff Donnell, S. John Launer, Ann Rutherford, Jesse White, Paul Richards, William Schallert
Episode 25
Astronaut Matthew Heller is suspected of killing his old service rival, General Addison Brand, after Brand is put in charge of the astronaut program.
Directed by Francis D. LyonGuest stars John Marley, James Coburn, Jeanne Bal, Steve Brodie, Paula Raymond, Robert Bray, Patricia Donahue
Episode 26
A baby who mysteriously appears in Perry's office has a rare St. Christopher medal, which could help identify the baby's parents. If only the suspected father wasn't dead.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by Jonathan LatimerGuest stars Corey Allen, Hugh Marlowe, Kaye Elhardt, Lee Miller, Jack Gordon, Kenneth MacDonald, Charles Stroud, Maria Palmer
Episode 27
A crazy man (or is he?), his dead nephew and a military base are tangled up in a confusing Perry Mason episode.
Directed by Jerry HopperGuest stars John Larkin, William Keene, S. John Launer, Burt Reynolds, Otto Kruger, Connie Hines, Don Dubbins, Jeanette Nolan
Episode 28
Perry and Della go out for a night at the theatre to see Perry's actor friend, Steve Brock, perform as Paris in Romeo and Juliet. The lights mysteriously go out during the dueling scene between Romeo and Paris and when the lights are restored the audience is shocked to see that leading man Franz Lachman, playing Romeo, has been stabbed to death. When Steve is accused of the murder Perry decides to have the cast re-enact the final scene that was played before Lachman's death.
Directed by Arthur MarksGuest stars Harry von Zell, Rex Reason, Willis Bouchey, Jeff Morrow, Antoinette Bower, Donald Curtis, K.T. Stevens, Patricia Huston
Episode 29
Aspiring 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?
Directed by Jesse HibbsGuest stars Ivan Dixon, Dianne Foster, Geraldine Brooks, Michael Fox, Edmon Ryan, George Mathews, John Gallaudet, Dan Seymour
Episode 30
Merle Telford is a naive and maladjusted young woman who is about to turn 21 and receive a substantial inheritance. She plans to run away from her guardians and elope with Danny Pierce as soon as she receives her money. Yep, you guessed it already, Danny is a greedy schemer and Merle's supposed friend, Gina Gilbert, is his accomplice. Merle's guardians know of her plans and hire Paul Drake to keep Merle from fleeing on the night of her 21st birthday party. When a murder is committed during the party Merle becomes the prime suspect.
Directed by Arthur MarksGuest stars John Dall, Billy Halop, Holly Harris, Joan Staley, Paul Tripp, Jack Ging, John Zaremba
Episode information updated Sep 16, 2026
Raymond BurrPerry Mason
Barbara HaleDella Street
William HopperPaul Drake
William TalmanHamilton Burger
Ray CollinsLieutenant Tragg
Connie CezonGertie
Willis BoucheyJudge
Nelson LeighJudge
CBSUnited States
TCF Television ProductionsUnited States
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