Perry Mason (1957)

Season 8

September 23, 1964 30 Episodes

Episodes

The Case of the Missing Button
Episode 1

The Case of the Missing Button

Sep 24, 1964

52 minutes

A man's campaign to prove his estranged wife an unfit mother is interrupted when he's arrested for murder.

The Case of the Paper Bullets
Episode 2

The Case of the Paper Bullets

Oct 1, 1964

52 minutes

Mason is caught in the middle when a romance develops between two members of rival political families.

The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor
Episode 3

The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor

Oct 8, 1964

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Sleepy Slayer
Episode 4

The Case of the Sleepy Slayer

Oct 15, 1964

52 minutes

Abner Gordon threatens to press charges if his niece doesn't replace the money she lifted from his safe.

The Case of the Betrayed Bride
Episode 5

The Case of the Betrayed Bride

Oct 22, 1964

52 minutes

A recently widowed women becomes tangled in a web of suspicion when she hastily remarries.

The Case of the Nautical Knot
Episode 6

The Case of the Nautical Knot

Oct 29, 1964

52 minutes

Mason is summoned when Harvey Scott's efforts to retain temporary control of the family mining company lead to murder.

The Case of the Bullied Bowler
Episode 7

The Case of the Bullied Bowler

Nov 5, 1964

52 minutes

Attorney Joe Kelly agrees to represent Bill Jarvis, whose mother-in-law is trying to have his bowling alley shut down.

The Case of a Place Called Midnight
Episode 8

The Case of a Place Called Midnight

Nov 12, 1964

52 minutes

In an offbeat case, Mason becomes involved in international intrigue wheh he travels to Switzerland to meet a friend's future daughter-in-law.

The Case of the Tragic Trophy
Episode 9

The Case of the Tragic Trophy

Nov 19, 1964

52 minutes

Investigating the "other woman" in a betrothed man's life, Mason finds himself neck-deep in a murder mystery.

The Case of the Reckless Rockhound
Episode 10

The Case of the Reckless Rockhound

Nov 26, 1964

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Latent Lover
Episode 11
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The Case of the Latent Lover

Dec 3, 1964

52 minutes

An investment broker tops off a series of peculiar actions by commandeering a taxi to rob a bank.

The Case of the Wooden Nickels
Episode 12

The Case of the Wooden Nickels

Dec 10, 1964

52 minutes

Drake gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to act as courier in the sale of a rare Confederate coin.

The Case of the Blonde Bonanza
Episode 13

The Case of the Blonde Bonanza

Dec 17, 1964

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Ruinous Road
Episode 14

The Case of the Ruinous Road

Dec 31, 1964

52 minutes

The foundations of a large company are shaken when the chief engineer uncovers evidence of budget tampering.

The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer
Episode 15

The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer

Jan 7, 1965

52 minutes

Uninterested in her recently inherited fortune, an aspring singer is easy prey for a sinister agent.

The Case of the Thermal Thief
Episode 16

The Case of the Thermal Thief

Jan 14, 1965

52 minutes

Attorney Ken Kramer comes to the aid of an alleged thief accused of stealing a $50,000 necklace.

The Case of the Golden Venom
Episode 17

The Case of the Golden Venom

Jan 21, 1965

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Tell-Tale Tap
Episode 18

The Case of the Tell-Tale Tap

Feb 4, 1965

52 minutes

Balancing private investigation with legal gymnastics, Mason tries to iron out a case of embezzlement and murder.

The Case of the Feather Cloak
Episode 19

The Case of the Feather Cloak

Feb 11, 1965

52 minutes

In Hawaii to handle an investigation for a hotel chain, Mason and Drake uncover a murder.

The Case of the Lover's Gamble
Episode 20

The Case of the Lover's Gamble

Feb 18, 1965

52 minutes

A woman turns to Mason when she becomes convinced that her boss is planning to murder his invalid wife.

The Case of the Fatal Fetish
Episode 21
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The Case of the Fatal Fetish

Mar 4, 1965

52 minutes

Burger tries to head off trouble when his young assistant falls for an unscrupulous woman.

The Case of the Sad Sicilian
Episode 22

The Case of the Sad Sicilian

Mar 11, 1965

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Murderous Mermaid
Episode 23

The Case of the Murderous Mermaid

Mar 18, 1965

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Careless Kitten
Episode 24

The Case of the Careless Kitten

Mar 25, 1965

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Deadly Debt
Episode 25

The Case of the Deadly Debt

Apr 1, 1965

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Gambling Lady
Episode 26

The Case of the Gambling Lady

Apr 8, 1965

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Duplicate Case
Episode 27

The Case of the Duplicate Case

Apr 22, 1965

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Grinning Gorilla
Episode 28

The Case of the Grinning Gorilla

Apr 29, 1965

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Wrongful Writ
Episode 29

The Case of the Wrongful Writ

May 6, 1965

52 minutes

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.

The Case of the Mischievous Doll
Episode 30

The Case of the Mischievous Doll

May 13, 1965

52 minutes

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.