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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
A man's campaign to prove his estranged wife an unfit mother is interrupted when he's arrested for murder.
Directed by Richard DonnerWritten by Jonathan LatimerGuest stars Stanley Adams, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Alan Baxter, Anthony Eisley, Ed Nelson, Julie Adams, Lee Miller
Episode 2
Mason is caught in the middle when a romance develops between two members of rival political families.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by Jonathan LatimerGuest stars Lynn Loring, Frank Marth, Stewart Moss, Joel Fluellen, Arthur Space, House Peters Jr., Richard Anderson, William Tracy
Episode 3
Mona Harvey is the principal stockholder in a publishing company run by her uncle, Everett, and the wife of an eccentric sculptor named Hannibal Harvey who is being blackmailed. Unable to get at any money due to Mona's absence, Hannibal has ditzy model Bonnie Dunbar write a blackmail note to Mona's uncle. Everett gets the money out of petty cash and sends it to Bonnie. In the meantime, Mona returns, finds Bonnie's blackmail note, and decides to pay the model a visit. So does Hannibal. Without seeing each other, husband and wife both discover Bonnie's dead body. Mona gets arrested for the murder but she fears that Hannibal might be the real killer.
Directed by Jack ArnoldWritten by Philip SaltzmanGuest stars Willis Bouchey, Dan Tobin, Nydia Westman, June Lockhart, Stuart Erwin, Sean McClory, Sue Ane Langdon, Ralph Manza
Episode 4
Abner Gordon threatens to press charges if his niece doesn't replace the money she lifted from his safe.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Samuel NewmanGuest stars Robert Brown, Hugh Marlowe, Phyllis Hill, Karl Swenson, Lee Miller, John Napier, Joan Tompkins, J. Edward McKinley
Episode 5
A recently widowed women becomes tangled in a web of suspicion when she hastily remarries.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by John ElliotteGuest stars Guy Stockwell, Michael Forest, Dianne Foster, John Larkin, Neil Hamilton, Jeanette Nolan, Grandon Rhodes, Lee Miller
Episode 6
Mason is summoned when Harvey Scott's efforts to retain temporary control of the family mining company lead to murder.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Robert Leslie BellemGuest stars Arline Judge, Barbara Bain, Francis McDonald, Tom Tully, Whit Bissell, Mark Roberts, Lane Bradford, Lisa Gaye
Episode 7
Attorney Joe Kelly agrees to represent Bill Jarvis, whose mother-in-law is trying to have his bowling alley shut down.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Samuel NewmanGuest stars Patricia Morrow, John Gallaudet, Allan Hunt, Jeff Donnell, Elizabeth Harrower, Milton Selzer, Anne Seymour, Mike Connors
Episode 8
In an offbeat case, Mason becomes involved in international intrigue wheh he travels to Switzerland to meet a friend's future daughter-in-law.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Susanne Cramer, Harry Townes, Werner Klemperer, Gerald Mohr, Jim Davis, Ivan Triesault, Eddie Firestone, Éva Szörényi
Episode 9
Investigating the "other woman" in a betrothed man's life, Mason finds himself neck-deep in a murder mystery.
Directed by Richard DonnerWritten by Mann RubinGuest stars Reed Hadley, Paul Stewart, Alvin Childress, Richard Carlson, John Fiedler, Patricia Huston, Mimsy Farmer, Constance Towers
Episode 10
Reba Burgess's control of her late husband's mining company is threatened when a man turns up with a partnership agreement—signed by Burgess before he died.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Robb WhiteGuest stars Ben Johnson, Jeff Corey, Harry Stanton, Roy Barcroft, Audrey Totter, Elisha Cook Jr., Bruce Bennett, Douglas Lambert
Episode 11
An investment broker tops off a series of peculiar actions by commandeering a taxi to rob a bank.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Samuel NewmanGuest stars Olan Soule, Harold Gould, Marian McCargo, Lloyd Bochner, Emory Parnell, Douglass Dumbrille, Jason Evers, Richard Reeves
Episode 12
Drake gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to act as courier in the sale of a rare Confederate coin.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by Jonathan LatimerGuest stars Jack Betts, Phyllis Love, Walter Burke, Berry Kroeger, Grandon Rhodes, Lee Miller, Wesley Lau, Vera Marshe
Episode 13
A model fails to read the fine print when she signs a curious contract paying her $200 a week to gain weight for an assignment.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Ruth Warrick, Jack Pepper, Paul Gilbert, Mary Ann Mobley, Michael Constantine, John Gallaudet, Vaughn Taylor, Bruce Gordon
Episode 14
The foundations of a large company are shaken when the chief engineer uncovers evidence of budget tampering.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Bob Mitchell, Esther MitchellGuest stars Joan Blackman, Willis Bouchey, Bert Freed, Meg Wyllie, Frankie Darro, Allen Case, Barton MacLane, John Howard
Episode 15
Uninterested in her recently inherited fortune, an aspring singer is easy prey for a sinister agent.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by John ElliotteGuest stars Gale Robbins, Lee Meriwether, S. John Launer, Gary Crosby, Joyce Meadows, Mark Goddard, Robert H. Harris, Leonard Stone
Episode 16
Attorney Ken Kramer comes to the aid of an alleged thief accused of stealing a $50,000 necklace.
Directed by Jack ArnoldWritten by Robert C. DennisGuest stars Bettye Ackerman, John Hart, Dick Whittinghill, Burt Metcalfe, Joyce Van Patten, Robert Strauss, Harlan Warde, Kathie Browne
Episode 17
A woman hires Mason to nullify a clause in her late husband's will that disinherits her if she reopens the investigation of her son's death.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Jackson Gillis, Albert A. VailGuest stars Lee Philips, Noah Beery Jr., Arthur Malet, Mort Mills, Frank Ferguson, Frances Reid, Kenneth MacDonald, Carole Wells
Episode 18
Balancing private investigation with legal gymnastics, Mason tries to iron out a case of embezzlement and murder.
Directed by Arthur MarksWritten by Samuel NewmanGuest stars Indus Arthur, S. John Launer, Jeanne Bal, Parley Baer, H.M. Wynant, William Allyn, Lester Dorr, Wesley Lau
Episode 19
In Hawaii to handle an investigation for a hotel chain, Mason and Drake uncover a murder.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Jonathan LatimerGuest stars James Frawley, David Opatoshu, Gunilla Hutton, Bob Okazaki, Michael Dante, Joyce Jameson, Jon Hall, Keye Luke
Episode 20
A woman turns to Mason when she becomes convinced that her boss is planning to murder his invalid wife.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Harold Peary, Hal Baylor, Minerva Urecal, Richard Reeves, Orville Sherman, Grandon Rhodes, Wesley Lau, Elizabeth Perry
Episode 21
Burger tries to head off trouble when his young assistant falls for an unscrupulous woman.
Directed by Charles R. RondeauWritten by Samuel NewmanGuest stars Gary Collins, Wilda Taylor, Karen Steele, Fay Wray, Lynn Bari, Douglas Kennedy, William Keene, James Griffith
Episode 22
Paulo Porro is a charming young man from Sicily with a clever scam for ingratiating himself with Italian-American families. But when he tries his charms on Enrico Bacio, Paulo runs into a problem. It seems as though there was bad blood between the Porro and Bacio clans back in Sicily. Bacio even believes that Paolo has come to kill him. When Bacio is later found with a file lodged in his neck, Paolo is blamed for the murder.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Milton KrimsGuest stars Linda Marsh, Nico Minardos, Margo, Paul Comi, Jack La Rue, Fabrizio Mioni, Dabbs Greer, Anthony Caruso
Episode 23
Former swimming champion Victoria Dawn is now overweight, out of shape, and the owner of a chain of failing health spas. Desperate to regain some of her former glory she hires young actress Regina "Reggie" Lambert to impersonate her in a swim across the Catalina Channel to Los Angeles.
Directed by Robert SparrWritten by Mann RubinGuest stars Jean Hale, Bill Williams, Jess Barker, Patrice Wymore, Nan Leslie, Richard Erdman, Lee Bergere, Ron Gans
Episode 24
Franklin Shore, supposedly dead for 10 years, telephones his niece, Helen, and gives her instructions on how to meet him. Then someone takes a shot at Helen's boyfriend and attempts to poison the "deceased's" wife, Matilda.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Julie Sommars, Raymond Guth, Percy Helton, Lloyd Corrigan, Lee Miller, Wesley Lau, Louise Latham, Alan Reed Jr.
Episode 25
Police detective Danny Talbert's father dies from a heart attack caused by stress from the fact that he was into mobster Steve Radom for a $10,000 debt. Or so Danny believes. When Radom is killed with Danny's gun, Perry steps in to clear his name.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Robert C. DennisGuest stars Robert Quarry, Willis Bouchey, Chris Robinson, Sheila Bromley, Joe De Santis, Emile Meyer, Max Showalter, Allison Hayes
Episode 26
Pete Warren's estranged wife, Myrna, is killing time in Reno waiting for their divorce to go through. When Myrna gets involved in a counterfeit gambling chip scam, Pete makes the mistake of lying to protect her.
Directed by Richard DonnerWritten by Jonathan LatimerGuest stars Dan Seymour, Kevin Hagen, Jesse White, Myrna Fahey, Ruta Lee, Peter Breck, Bebe Kelly, Pepper Curtis
Episode 27
An unsuccessful salesman has a lot of explaining to do when he throws down his sample case in disgust—and large sums of money fall out.
Directed by James GoldstoneWritten by Philip SaltzmanGuest stars Herb Voland, Steve Ihnat, Susan Bay Nimoy, Don Dubbins, David Lewis, Dave Willock, Douglass Dumbrille, Wesley Lau
Episode 28
Della buys the diary of a drowned woman at an auction and after reading the entries becomes convinced that the woman's death was not a suicide as was ruled at the time. This leads Perry into a case involving an eccentric millionaire, his two scheming assistants, and a kleptomaniac gorilla.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Robert Colbert, Janos Prohaska, Victor Buono, Lurene Tuttle, Bartlett Robinson, Tommy Farrell, Charlene Holt, Gavin MacLeod
Episode 29
Lawyer Ward Toyama, a friend of Perry's, gets caught up in an illegal gunrunning operation and murder on the high seas after being contacted by a man claiming to be an intelligence agent. It's up to Perry to clear his friend's name when he's accused of murder.
Directed by Richard KinonWritten by Samuel NewmanGuest stars James Shigeta, Francine York, Philip Abbott, Bobby Troup, Henry Beckman, Peter Whitney, Douglas Henderson, Katherine Squire
Episode 30
Perry is paid a visit by a Dorrie Ambler who wants him to verify her identity. Shady private eye Phil Arthur has been paying her to frequent certain places around town and Dorrie thinks it's because she bears a strong resemblance to madcap heiress Minerva Minden. After some digging, Perry finds out that Minerva might have been involved in a hit-and-run accident and it appears as though Dorrie is being used to prove that.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Stanley Clements, Marge Redmond, Allyson Ames, William Boyett, Paul Lambert, Ben Cooper, Byron Foulger, Holly Harris
Episode information updated Sep 18, 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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