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- Season 1 overviewSep 21, 1957-May 31, 195835 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. The Case of the Restless Redhead Sep 21, 1957
- A waitress is booked for murder after she fires at a hooded man pursuing her.
- 2. The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece Sep 28, 1957
- A simple case of divorce and blackmail evolves into murder.
- 3. The Case of the Nervous Accomplice Oct 5, 1957
- A fight for supposedly oil-rich land designated for a housing development ends in murder.
- 4. The Case of the Drowning Duck Oct 12, 1957
- A case involves a duck, a blackmailer and a man who was executed for homicide.
- 5. The Case of the Sulky Girl Oct 19, 1957
- A murderer strikes immediately after Mason learns that a blackmailer has contacted a young heiress.
- 6. The Case of the Silent Partner Oct 26, 1957
- A former convict attempts to become a partner in a lucrative orchid business.
- 7. The Case of the Angry Mourner Nov 2, 1957
- A killing to defend a woman's honor doesn't convince Perry; guest Barbara Eden.
- 8. The Case of the Crimson Kiss Nov 9, 1957
- A young girl and her roommate are found near death from an overdose of sleeping pills.
- 9. The Case of the Vagabond Vixen Nov 16, 1957
- A film mogul posts bail for a lovely hitchhiker and involves Perry in blackmail and homicide.
- 10. The Case of the Runaway Corpse Nov 23, 1957
- Perry deals with a year-old homicide, an arsenic poisoning and a disappearing corpse.
- 11. The Case of the Crooked Candle Nov 30, 1957
- Candle provides key in case of woman accused of murder.
- 12. The Case of the Negligent Nymph Dec 7, 1957
- A fishing holiday finds Mason involved in homicide and a trial.
- 13. The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink Dec 14, 1957
- A frightened waitress, leaving a paycheck and mink coat behind, leads Mason into a murder trial.
- 14. The Case of the Baited Hook Dec 21, 1957
- An embezzler is found dead after his business partner demands that the stolen funds be replaced.
- 15. The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse Dec 28, 1957
- Two fan dancers, a stolen saddle horse and blood-stained ostrich plumes are Mason's clues in a case.
- 16. The Case of the Demure Defendant Jan 4, 1958
- Perry investigates a murder confession obtained by the use of truth serum.
- 17. The Case of the Sun-bather's Diary Jan 11, 1958
- A gorgeous, towel-clad sunbather tells Perry that all her possessions have been stolen.
- 18. The Case of the Cautious Coquette Jan 18, 1958
- While investigating a hit-and-run, Perry gets a murder client.
- 19. The Case of the Haunted Husband Jan 25, 1958
- The loyalty of a suspect's friend inspires Perry to take on a seemingly hopeless case.
- 20. The Case of the Lonely Heiress Feb 1, 1958
- Perry defends a woman when a con game turns into murder; guest Kathleen Crowley.
- 21. The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister Feb 8, 1958
- Perry becomes involved in a murder charge when a private investigator deals in blackmail.
- 22. The Case of the Fugitive Nurse Feb 15, 1958
- Retained to handle a tax matter, Mason's client is charged with murder.
- 23. The Case of the One-Eyed Witness Feb 22, 1958
- Perry's client (Angie Dickinson) is charged in double murder.
- 24. The Case of the Deadly Double Mar 1, 1958
- Perry takes the case before the homicide takes place.
- 25. The Case of the Empty Tin Mar 8, 1958
- Mason's client is found in a locked room beside a body and a gun.
- 26. The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife Mar 15, 1958
- Perry thinks a man seeking a lawyer is an old wartime pal.
- 27. The Case of the Desperate Daughter Mar 22, 1958
- Mason and Drake investigate the identity of a girl suffering from amnesia.
- 28. The Case of the Daring Decoy Mar 29, 1958
- Fight for control of a corporation flares into murder, and Mason's client was in the death room.
- 29. The Case of the Hesitant Hostess Apr 5, 1958
- Mason's client is arraigned on robbery, and then is charged with murder.
- 30. The Case of the Screaming Woman Apr 26, 1958
- Perry defends a woman for a murder she confessed to.
Perry Mason is an American legal drama series originally broadcast on CBS television from September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. Many episodes are based on stories written by Gardner.
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Perry Mason: Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. With Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins. The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
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That means you can edit and add content. Our topic is the Perry Mason TV series of the 50s and 60s. There is a page for each episode. With your help, these pages can be filled with interesting and useful information about the shows. We'll be adding material as time permits. You're invited to contribute as well. For information on how, please see th...
To help build a Wiki community, please enter your name or a handle in the [Author box] and a very brief [Summary] when posting. We have many international members here on PMTVS, so we suggest posting ambiguous dates in this format: 05 March 2022. When using the specialized text editing functions be sure to click on the [Highlight] switch (found in ...
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was a fan of the original black-and-white (and one color episode) Perry Mason TV series since the show first appeared in the fifties. There was a lapse of many years whilst Big Dave toiled in various salt mines, but, after escaping to freedom, he was able to reconnect with the show in 1985 via the TBS cable superstation. Alas, they stopped running the show in 1996. The last national airing was on The Hallmark Channel. Read about it in the Hallmark Log.
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Perry Mason TV Series PMTVS website began in the fall of 1996. You can view some early pages from the site at the Internet Archive here. My, how things have changed!
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The show is still available on some local stations including MeTV and FETV. Check your listings. Also Hulu and DailyMotion and Paramount+ and Reelgood and Freeveehave episodes online. What else to watch. In June 2020 a reboot of the show, set in the 1930s, started on HBO.
have appeared in Perry Mason episodes, some before they were famous. It's fun to try and spot these people and then check the credits to see if you were right. Using the Show Finder might be fun and helpful in doing this. This game eventually led to Big Dave's self-professed, obsessive habit of collecting cast lists from the credits for several yea...
is because it's often set in the familiar territory of Southern California. It's like time travel. The very first episode, The Case of the Restless Redhead, featured a character who was living in Big Dave's hometown, Riverside, California. There are no actual scenes in Riverside but there are lots of references. In one scene, Perry comments to famo...
Perry Mason was shown in many countries. It was quite popular in Germany but, as you might expect, was a little different. The biggest change is that everybody speaks German. Leah, a fan from Germany, explains that German actors were used to dub the voices. She says this leads to interesting situations when an actor's voice is familiar from other r...
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Perry Mason: Created by Ron Fitzgerald, Rolin Jones. With Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham. In booming 1932 Los Angeles, a down-and-out defense attorney takes on the case of a lifetime.
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April 24, 2023. ( 2023-04-24) Perry Mason is an American period drama television series created by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald for HBO. Based on the character of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner, [2] the series stars Matthew Rhys in the title role and premiered on June 21, 2020.
In a very rare occurrence, Perry Mason loses a case when Janice Barton is convicted of murdering her aunt and is subsequently sentenced to death. After the verdict, Perry still investigates to try to find the real killer among the heirs. 8.9/10. Rate. Seasons Years Top-rated.
2 Seasons | 16 Episodes | TV-MA. Watch Now. Based on the work of Erle Stanley Gardner, this drama series traces the origins of famed criminal defense lawyer Perry Mason (Matthew Rhys). The second season picks up with Perry in the throes of the Los Angeles legal system during the height of the Great Depression.
