The best episodes of Perry Mason

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01
S01E09 · November 16, 1957 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Vagabond Vixen10.0
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.
02
S07E06 · October 31, 1963 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Reluctant Model10.0
03
S07E07 · November 14, 1963 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Bigamous Spouse10.0
04
S07E08 · November 21, 1963 · 1h
The Case of the Floating Stones10.0
05
S07E09 · November 28, 1963 · 1h
The Case of the Festive Felon10.0
06
S07E10 · December 5, 1963 · 1h
The Case of the Devious Delinquent10.0
07
S07E11 · December 12, 1963 · 1h
The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang10.0
08
S07E12 · December 19, 1963 · 1h
The Case of the Badgered Brother10.0
09
S07E13 · January 2, 1964 · 1h
The Case of the Wednesday Woman10.0
10
S07E14 · January 9, 1964 · 1h
The Case of the Accosted Accountant10.0
11
S01E19 · January 25, 1958 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Haunted Husband9.7
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.
12
S01E12 · December 7, 1957 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Negligent Nymph9.5
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.
13
S01E22 · February 15, 1958 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Fugitive Nurse9.5
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.
14
S01E30 · April 26, 1958 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Screaming Woman9.5
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.
15
S02E11 · December 20, 1958 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Perjured Parrot9.5
The only witness to a rich man's murder is his parrot, who keeps repeating the suspect's name.
16
S03E03 · October 17, 1959 · 1h
The Case of the Garrulous Gambler9.5
Steve Benton retains Perry Mason to help his brother Larry, who has been forging checks to payoff purported gambling debts.
17
S03E07 · November 21, 1959 · 1h
The Case of the Golden Fraud9.5
The rivalry between Richard Vanaman and Fred Petrie for an executive promotion in an investment firm involves Perry Mason.
18
S06E17 · February 7, 1963 · 1h
The Case of the Libelous Locket9.5
19
S09E26 · April 17, 1966 · 1h
The Case of the Dead Ringer9.5
20
S01E08 · November 9, 1957 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Crimson Kiss9.0
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.
21
S01E13 · December 14, 1957 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink9.0
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.
22
S01E38 · June 21, 1958 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Terrified Typist9.0
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.
23
S02E03 · October 4, 1958 · 1h
The Case of the Pint-Sized Client9.0
A thirteen-year-old boy gets Perry Mason involved in one of the toughest cases of his career.
24
S02E28 · May 30, 1959 · 1h
The Case of the Spanish Cross9.0
Perry Mason defends a juvenile, previously convicted of theft, when the boy is charged with stealing a valuable piece of antique jewelry and murdering its owner.
25
S03E06 · November 14, 1959 · 1h
The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma9.0
After coming to a small town to do a investigation, Paul Drake becomes embroiled in a murder charge and needs Perry's help to keep from going to jail.

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