The worst episodes of Perry Mason

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01
S08E17 · January 21, 1965 · 1h
The Case of the Golden Venom5.5
02
S08E16 · January 14, 1965 · 1h
The Case of the Thermal Thief6.7
03
S01E01 · September 21, 1957 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Restless Redhead8.0
Attorney Perry Mason's attractive client claims she was chased by a hooded man in a car. Now she's wanted for his murder...and hasn't been too honest about her past arrest as a jewel thief.
04
S01E02 · September 28, 1957 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece8.0
When his stepbrother is found dead, a man is charged with murder and is accused of using his sleepwalking as a cover-up.
05
S01E17 · January 11, 1958 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary8.3
A gorgeous woman's trailer was stolen while she was sunbathing, so she asks for Perry's help in finding it. She claims it contains her diary, which details the truthful account of a notorious bank heist.
06
S09E21 · February 27, 1966 · 1h
The Case of the Twice-Told Twist8.7
07
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.
08
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.
09
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.
10
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.
11
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.
12
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.
13
S03E16 · February 20, 1960 · 1h
The Case of the Wary Wildcatter9.0
Telescopic photographs of a man in the act of committing a murder become the principal evidence sought by Perry Mason.
14
S03E18 · March 12, 1960 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Singing Skirt9.0
When Perry is retained as the legal counsel of a singing cigarette girl at a California casino where playing draw poker is legal, he has to prove his client is innocent when she is charged with the murder of a patron's wife after he lost a large sum of money while playing a game there one night.
15
S03E23 · May 14, 1960 · 1h
The Case of the Slandered Submarine9.0
Cmdr. Jerome Burke is assisting the police in the investigation of the murder of a cafe singer. The police believe an unknown sailor on the Moray may be responsible.
16
S04E01 · September 17, 1960 · 1h
The Case of the Treacherous Toupee9.0
An executive who has been "missing" for two years returns on the day of an important stockholders' meeting and ends up being slain.
17
S04E13 · January 7, 1961 · 1h
The Case of the Envious Editor9.0
Slimy publishing tycoon Donald Fletcher buys controlling interest in a respectable but financially troubled publishing house. Fletcher turns things upside down by turning the publications into scandal sheet featuring photographs of scantily clad women.
18
S04E20 · March 18, 1961 · 1h
The Case of the Barefaced Witness9.0
When convicted embezzler Fred Swan returns to his hometown it means trouble for Iris McKay, a former client of private investigator Paul Drake.
19
S05E04 · October 7, 1961 · 1h
The Case of the Malicious Mariner9.0
20
S05E21 · February 24, 1962 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Mystified Miner9.0
21
S05E27 · April 28, 1962 · 1h
The Case of the Counterfeit Crank9.0
22
S06E13 · January 3, 1963 · 1h
Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe9.0
23
S06E16 · January 31, 1963 · 1h
The Case of Constant Doyle9.0
24
S06E24 · April 11, 1963 · 1h
The Case of the Elusive Element9.0
25
S06E25 · April 18, 1963 · 1h
The Case of the Greek Goddess9.0

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