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Perry Mason Season 9 Episodes
Season 9 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1965 - 1966
Episode 1
The Case of the Laughing Lady
Sun, Sep 12, 196560 mins
While watching a gala event on TV, jail inmate Carla Chaney, who has a lengthy criminal history, sees the woman who she is certain committed the crime she's being held for. She also hears the distinct and high pitched laugh she heard the night of the murder. Carla is being held pending her trial for murdering Gerald Havens, an earlier boyfriend, but maintains she is innocent. The woman she saw at Havens' house is Leona Devore, the very rich owner of the Devore galleries. Leona claims to have been out of the country and then in Hawaii when Havens was killed. When shown photographs of people at the event however, Carla initially picks out gallery employee Cho Sin, not Leona, as the woman she saw. It all creates doubt in Perry's mind and friction with his client who feels no one is taking her side. Correctly identifying the owner of that unique laugh and Perry's knowledge and research on Asian artifacts are central to Perry solving the case and finding the real killer and the reason for the murder.
Episode 2
The Case of the Fatal Fortune
Sun, Sep 19, 196560 mins
Pat Kean visits a fortune teller, at his request, who tells her, among other things, that she can expect both riches and romance in the near future. She will wear a bride's white then a widow's black. At work, her boss, the affable Max Armstead, gives her a promotion and again asks her to marry him. She, meanwhile, has met Gordon Evans and soon begins a whirlwind romance with the handsome young man. When Max Armstead has yet another heart attack, she decides to accept his proposal and they are soon married. Max is in Perry Mason's office, not long after, with an anonymous note saying his new wife, Pat, is already having an affair. Perry is bemused by it all. Later, while Perry is with Lt. Steve Drumm, Perry receives a call from Pat saying Max is acting very strange. Perry and Steve go to Max's house where they witness Max accuse Pat of poisoning him with his dying breath. She is arrested and Perry has a defense to mount.
Episode 3
The Case of the Candy Queen
Sun, Sep 26, 196552 mins
Candy Queen Claire Armstrong is a successful businesswoman who has created her business on a candy recipe her grandmother had given to her with the aid of Ed Purvis. Claire is breaking with Ed after he tried to tell her that her fiancé, Mark Chester, was no good. Something is amiss, however, when her cousin, Wanda Buren, is almost killed with poisoned candy and resort owner and gambler Harry Arnold is found dead in his office. Mark Chester had given Arnold the candy recipe as collateral against a $40,000 credit at his gambling establishment, where he lost it all, and had tried to retrieve it when he heard Claire might notice it missing. He confronts Arnold with Claire's gun at his bungalow but Arnold takes the gun away from Chester, who leaves. He returns to see Claire leave the bungalow after she picked up and wiped off the fingerprints on the gun. The police catch her leaving the bungalow. After the police confirm that Arnold was killed with Claire's gun, she is charged with his murder and it's left to Perry to sort through it all and find the killer.
Episode 4
The Case of the Cheating Chancellor
Sun, Oct 3, 196560 mins
Perry Mason visits his old alma mater to attend a fund-raiser and becomes involved in a case of murder. He is there with a fellow alumni, James Hyatt, who has a son, Bob, preparing to graduate and is a student in Dr. Stuart Logan's class. Dr. Logan has his hopes on becoming the school's Chancellor but has made many enemies along the way. His research assistant, Van Fowler, feels cheated when he sees that Logan is planning to publish his latest book without giving him the co-authorship he had promised. When Fowler complains, Logan threatens to block his PhD. He also creates a furor on campus when he accuses some of the students of cheating and threatens to expel those who have. Bob's friend, Joe Price, stole the answers to the final exam. Finally, Logan has been cheating on his wife, Shirley, with a beautiful artist, Evelyn Wilcox. When Logan is found dead in his office with Fowler standing by the body, it's Van Fowler who is charged with murder and Perry agrees to defend him.
Episode 5
The Case of the Impetuous Imp
Sun, Oct 10, 196560 mins
Out on his boat late one evening, Perry rescues an attractive young blond, Diana Carter, who he sees fleeing a German Shepherd dog pursuing her. She was running from the home of Addison Powell who was once married to her aunt, Elvira Simmons, and is believed by some in her family, especially her uncle, Henry Simmons, to have killed her. Diana thinks she now has the proof - a note in a bottle - that will lead to Powell's conviction but Perry reads the note and tells her it can't be real. The next morning when he meets Della, she tells him about the excitement the night before when $50,000 worth of jewelry was taken from Addison Powell's home. He then realizes he was the accomplice described in the news reports. Diana's Uncle Henry comes to Perry to defend Diana on the theft charges. Perry gets her out without bail and tells her to stay at home. When Powell is later found dead, Diana is charged with murder and Perry defends her. His work is delayed by the police who won't allow him access to the murder scene and other evidence.
Episode 6
The Case of the Carefree Coronary
Sun, Oct 17, 196560 mins
Perry Mason is called in by the Safeline insurance company when they face a flood of questionable disability claims from men who have suffered heart attacks. What intrigues Perry is that the mortality rate among the victims is far lower than the actuarial tables would suggest. Paul Drake sets out to check on some of the claimants and finds one, Jack David, to be in very good physical condition. So Perry asks to have him come in to have the insurance company's doctor examine him. Jack calls Perry the night before the appointment but can't talk. He dies upon entering the doctor's office with his wife and lawyer before he can tell anyone what was really going on, though it's clear in Perry's mind that insurance fraud has been committed. Perry sends Della to an involved doctor, who appears to be a fake, for an exam. Paul Drake goes undercover on a construction site but he too seems to suffer a heart attack and is hospitalized. Perry goes into a Coroner's hearing intent on uncovering the truth.
Episode 7
The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner
Sun, Oct 24, 196560 mins
Lucas Tolliver uses the services of a matrimonial service to find himself the perfect bride. Alice and Guy Munford use computers to find the perfect mate for their clients, and they've introduced Tolliver to ranch owner Millicent Barton. From all appearances, Tolliver is something of a charlatan who inherited considerable wealth from a previous wife to the exclusion of his stepson Larry Dunlap, who received nothing. When Tolliver asks Perry, upon the recommendation of their common friend Terrence Clay, to draw up a will for his wife-to-be that will make Tolliver the only beneficiary of her estate, Perry is surprised. Alice is concerned when she reviews Tolliver's file and can't imagine why her husband Guy ever approved him as a client in the first place. Alice and Guy visit Perry because Alice thinks Millicent might sue them, which now has Perry quite concerned. When Millicent is poisoned, the police and the District Attorney think they have an open-and-shut case, as Clay saw Lucas give her the poisoned drink. Perry is able to prove otherwise.
Episode 8
The Case of the 12th Wildcat
Sun, Oct 31, 196552 mins
Burt Payne, ten percent owner of the Los Angeles Wildcats professional football team, is a drunk gambler who takes pleasure in taking down his employees or his wealthy wife, who owns the rest of the team, a peg or two. On a return trip by train from a road game, Payne tells one employee that he will fire him on return to L.A. At a train stop, his wife refuses to let him sell his stake in the team to a potential buyer. Payne's wife, Ellen, is desperate to contact Perry Mason about something, so she calls him from a pay phone at a stop, but due to the train's imminent departure, runs out of time. Back on the train, she is told by a representative of Harvey Skeen that he is on the train with $100,000 to close a deal for her husband's share of the team. Meanwhile, Perry is left with an open line wondering what she wants. He arrives at the train station to meet her, finding there has been a fire in one of the train cars, and Burt Payne is dead. Ellen is charged with her husband's murder, but there are several people who would benefit from his death as Perry defends her in court.
Episode 9
The Case of the Wrathful Wraith
Sun, Nov 7, 196560 mins
Having successfully defended Louise Selff at a preliminary hearing where she was accused of murdering her missing husband, Perry Mason is now worried about her mental condition. Since she was not tried for killing her husband, Perry completes a claim on a life insurance policy which provides her with a windfall. She maintains that her dead husband's spirit visits her and makes phone calls to her. She has even made use of a spiritualist where she insists her husband has spoken to her during a séance. He tells her where to find a letter in his desk telling her to invest $300,000 in a speculative project with Glenn Arcott. Her advisor, Ralph Balfour, is against the investment. When Perry and Paul find her husband in her garden, apparently just shot a short time before, Louise once again finds herself in court. Determining why her husband disappeared in the first place and what he was trying to tell her through his various calls and psychic appearances is the key if Perry is to keep her from being bound over for trial.
Episode 10
The Case of the Runaway Racer
Sun, Nov 14, 196560 mins
Perry Mason has some bad news for his friend and client, Pete Griston. The deal he's signed with a new partner, Harvey Rettig, is considerably one-sided in Rettig's favor. That isn't the only problem. An old hand in the car racing business, Pappy Ryan, has developed a new gear assembly that he says will make his car the fastest on the track but Rettig has arranged to have his car disqualified due to safety concerns by the race sponsor, Oliver Stone. His family has sponsored the race for years but he is in financial difficulties. Pete takes Pappy's side in the dispute but, in his attempt to prove the car is safe, takes it onto the track where it fails and puts another driver, Blake Leonard, in the hospital. He says the car lost power and inspection of the gear assembly shows it failed. Pappy is convinced that everyone, including writer Dan Platte, is out to get him as Rettig manufactured the gear assembly for him. When Rettig is found dead, it's Pete who's arrested for murder and it's up to Perry to find the real killer.
Episode 11
The Case of the Silent Six
Sun, Nov 21, 196560 mins
Lt. Steve Drumm asks Perry Mason to defend his good friend, police Sgt. Dave Wolfe, who is accused of having killed Joe Oliver, who had been pursuing his sister Susan and was believed to have just beaten her. Lt. Drumm and Sgt. Wolfe arrived at Susan's apartment building with Sgt. Wolfe in a rage about Oliver. He goes alone to Susan's apartment but, when Lt. Drumm hears gunshots, he finds Oliver's body on the ground and Sgt. Wolfe standing above with his gun in his hand. Sgt. Wolfe says he was knocked unconscious and Oliver was shot with the Sergeant's gun. When Susan wakes, however, she denies it was Oliver who beat her but refuses to say who it was. Oliver was the building superintendent where Susan lived but at least six residents heard her scream for help but didn't want to get involved. For Perry to prove Dave Wolfe's innocence, he will have to determine who among them made their way to Susan's apartment and killed the wrong man, while Lt. Drumm is working to prove Wolfe's guilt.
Episode 12
The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein
Sun, Nov 28, 196560 mins
In Los Angeles, Perry Mason is hired by Professor Hans Ritter and his wife Emma. Recently they and his assistant Gerta tried unsuccessfully to smuggle their granddaughter Elke out of East Germany. The East Germans offer to release the girl if the Professor voluntarily returns to East Germany and he agrees, against everyone's wishes. Perry has Paul trail Hans to ensure his safety while Perry travels to Berlin to try to arrange a transfer. Perry makes a counter-offer of money for Elke's release but it's rejected. Unknown to him, Emma and Gerta have returned to East Berlin with a check for $50,000. Perry soon lands in an East German court defending Emma Ritter, who has been charged with murdering an East German middleman. Perry finds the court proceedings one-sided and must find the true murderer if Emma is to be released and if the Ritters have any hope of having their granddaughter join them in the West.
Episode 13
The Case of the Baffling Bug
Sun, Dec 12, 196560 mins
At Perry Mason's suggestion, Paul Drake is hired to screen employees at Tryon Industries for a meeting when the owners think their industrial process for desalinization might be stolen. After the details were discussed in the meeting, they find it was stolen and brought to market by a competitor, Coleridge Associates. The obvious suspect is Dr. Todd Meade, a former employee at Coleridge, and who may at one time have been involved with their CEO, Rhonda Coleridge. Also on the development team are Dr. Maseo Tachikawa and Dr. Nina Revelli from Japan and Italy, respectively. Both countries are known for their involvement in industrial espionage. Dr. Maseo Tachikawa is found to be making investments worth far more than his salary. When a counterspy hired by Tryon and working undercover is found dead in Meade's lab, it's Meade who is arrested and charged with murder. When Paul finds that Perry's office has been bugged, they are able to use it to their advantage and set a trap for the real spy and ultimately the killer.
Episode 14
The Case of the Golden Girls
Sun, Dec 19, 196560 mins
Stacey Garnett, driving near the beach, picks up young hitchhiker Debbie Conrad. He gives her his card offering her a job as a "Teddy Bear" at his Golden Bear men's club before stopping at a company property for a meeting, taking a small derringer with him as she waits in the car. After hearing shots, she runs away and finds a second ride with Victor Montalvo at a phone booth. She notices the same gun on the floorboard, picks it up and conceals it. When majority owner of the Golden Bear Club, Garnett, is found shot to death, Montalvo, his business partner, is charged with murder and he turns to Perry Mason to defend him. It's no secret that Montalvo disliked Garnett who took over the club and its magazine, which had previously focused on outdoor activities, and turned into a men's club and girly magazine. Montalvo was known to have detested what Garnett did, but forensic evidence reveals that he was killed with an odd-caliber gun like the one that Montalvo happens to own. Perry, convinced of his client's innocence, learns that there are also several others who wanted Garnett dead.
Episode 15
The Case of the Bogus Buccaneers
Sun, Jan 9, 196660 mins
At the request of a parole officer, Perry Mason takes on the case of Tony Polk, who is accused of murdering Grace Knapp. It doesn't help the case that Knapp's neighbor was standing only a few feet away when the killing occurred. Polk was out promoting a popular TV show about a handsome buccaneer and, dressed as a pirate, was supposedly seen killing the woman with his pirate's hook. Grace was in a drunken rage that night demanding her money. It turns out that the actor who plays the Buccaneer, Martin Eldridge, is still married to Grace Knapp and that she may have been blackmailing him as he has remarried. Tony's pregnant wife is taken captive twice, once with Della, by another man wanting the money - $25,000. There were several men out that night dressed as pirates promoting the show so there are other suspects. It's left to Perry to untangle hidden identities and find who else would have wanted Knapp dead.
Episode 16
The Case of the Midnight Howler
Sun, Jan 16, 196660 mins
Perry Mason takes on the case of Holly Andrews who is accused of killing her ex-husband, the wealthy Kevin Steele, who owns a local radio station. Late night radio shock jock Barney Austin calls him during his show and incredibly the man is heard to be shot during the live broadcast. Holly doesn't deny being there. In fact she almost ran Perry off the road driving away from Steele's house. But there were many who might have wanted him dead. Holly was concerned because Steele was preparing legal documents to try to take their son away from her, saying she was an unfit mother due to her relationship with Dan Thorne. Steele was killed with a gun given to Holly by Thorne. An unpaid art dealer, a rival radio station station owner who was about to lose his latest star personality, Holly's friend Clara Michaels, whose husband is disabled due to Steele, and Holly's boyfriend all had their reasons to see him dead. It's left to Perry to find the real killer.
Episode 17
The Case of the Vanishing Victim
Sun, Jan 23, 196660 mins
Stacey Fielding is a renowned pharmaceutical chemist who is apparently killed when the private airplane he was piloting crashed and burned. Prior to his departure, he had been drinking from a flask of whiskey his wife prepared for him and made an offhand remark that she would like nothing better than to see him dead. His wife, Miriam Fielding, hires Perry and Paul to check into her husband's alternate life, including checking out an apartment he had to look for $100,000 in missing funds. But all they find is an empty wall safe and the picture of his mistress, so Perry is concerned he's being set up. After the crash, Miriam Fielding is arrested and charged with murder. She hires Perry Mason to defend her but the forensic evidence doesn't support the charge and he manages to get her released only to have D.A. Hamilton Burger re-arrest her on the charge. Perry believes there's something else going on and can't help but think that the ongoing theft of pharmaceuticals from the factory has something to do with it.
Episode 18
The Case of the Golfer's Gambit
Sun, Jan 30, 196660 mins
Chick Farley is the pro at the local Pine Hills golf club. A onetime touring pro, Farley has made a lot of enemies. He's a boozer and a carouser, much to his wife Alma's regret, and he owes money to several members. He has his current job based on the reputation of Alma, who was an aspiring golfer herself but now drinks heavily. He wins the club's Invitation Tournament on a technical rule violation by Jim Harrell. The more junior pro at the club, Jim Harrell finds that $3000 worth of equipment is missing from the pro shop and he's sure it's a case of Farley pocketing the proceeds. However, he made the mistake of waiting two weeks to report the loss which makes Jim look guilt according to Chick. The club chairman would like nothing better than to see him fired and club member Irwin Brandt is tired of the constant passes he makes at his beautiful wife, Dina Brandt. It's no surprise when Farley is found dead but when the police arrest Jim Harrell, Perry gets an anonymous envelope with $2500 inside and a request that he defend him.
Episode 19
The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise
Sun, Feb 13, 196660 mins
After LAPD officer Harry Marburg is shot in the stockroom of the Clune Galleries, the owner, Francis Clune, is suspected of the crime and the police are obviously out to get him. The officer was there investigating an art theft which Clune said he reported to the police. Lt. Drumm and Sgt. Deke Bradley, to whom Marburg reported, tell Perry Mason that no such call was ever made to them. At a new gallery opening, Clune's assistant, Bobbi Dane, is nearly kidnapped by two thugs but is injured and subsequently disappears from her hospital room. At the same time, Paul has gone to work for Olaf Deering, who runs a trucking firm that has had three hijackings of trucks with expensive cargo. He drives a rig on a secret route but an attempt is still made to steal his truck and cargo. When Clune and Bobbi are charged with Marburg's murder, it's up to Perry to find the connection with the series of truck hijackings and stolen art from the San Francisco area. It leads him to the real killer.
Episode 20
The Case of the Scarlet Scandal
Sun, Feb 20, 196660 mins
On his way to a few days of fishing with Paul Drake, Perry Mason stops off to get his client, Richard Bayler, to sign some legal papers. They arrive to learn that Bayler's wife, Elaine, was shot while she was sitting in her car. Bayler has already decided who the guilty party is: Donald Hobart, an aspiring songwriter whom Elaine was supporting financially. There was more than just a hint of jealousy on Bayler's part but, according to Hobart's girlfriend, Cynthia Perkins, there was nothing going on between them. Perry, upset at Bayler's attempt to railroad Hobart, returns Bayler's retainer. Paul investigates the murder scene, running into the very helpful local, Aaron Chambers. However, Chambers turns out to be the local forensics expert for the sheriff's department. Based on the evidence the two of them find, Hobart is released and his girlfriend Cynthia is arrested for the murder. With Cynthia accused of the murder, Perry agrees to defend her.
Episode 21
The Case of the Twice-Told Twist
Sun, Feb 27, 196660 mins
After stopping to drop off some papers for a client's signature, Perry and Della return to find that his car has been stripped for parts. They were gone for no more than 10 minutes but the gang that stripped his car were expert at their job. The LAPD have had a rash of these thefts and they arrest a juvenile, Lennie Beale, who was trying to sell a camera from Perry's car. Perry refuses to press charges. Lennie is in love with the older Robin Spring, an entertainer at a night club. A leader of the gang, Bill Sikes, is also in love with Robin as is the older manager of the club, Tom Loman. Sikes pitches a new idea to the true leader of the gang, Ben Huggins, to have Robin get a job parking cars at the club for a gang member. He can copy the keys and addresses from the cars so they can rob their homes. However, on the first job the police are called and Lennie is wounded. When Sikes and his supposed girlfriend are both killed, Lennie is charged with murder. Lennie provides information on who is behind the scenes, Ben Huggins, and a Mexican connection buying the car parts who Paul must find.
Episode 22
The Case of the Avenging Angel
Sun, Mar 13, 196660 mins
Perry Mason has been asked by his wealthy client, Cameron Burgess, to act as a go-between in making arrangements for a young man, Sandy Chester, to become a pop star. Sandy sings at a small club run by Henny McLeod, an old time entertainer, who has taken Sandy under her wing. Cameron gives Perry $5000 to hire an agent, Clete Hawley, but has instructed Perry that he wishes to remain anonymous. Hawley is a wheeler-dealer in the music industry claiming he can turn anyone into a star. He also takes advantage of his clients and has a reputation of ruining the careers of anyone who crosses him. He's also used blackmail and forced a talented song writer, Riff Lawler, to work for him for nearly nothing. When Riff's daughter pulls a stunt to have Sandy sing Riff's new song which becomes a hit, Clete forces Riff to turn all rights to the song over to him. Perry becomes disenchanted with Clete so he tries to persuade Cameron to drop Clete but Cameron is unwilling and unable. It's no surprise when Hawley is found dead but when the police charge young Sandy with murder, Perry defends him.
Episode 23
The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara
Sun, Mar 20, 196660 mins
Jeweler and gem expert Gerard Van Ness returns to Los Angeles from South America only to be pulled over by the police as the car he's driving was reported stolen. More ominously, they find the dead body of Nils Dorrow, an international jewel thief, in the trunk. Perry Mason, who has acted as Van Ness and his partner Joachim DeVry's lawyer, agrees to defend him. Interestingly, Perry had recently been to their store with another client, Sonya Galinova, where DeVry was astounded to see that she was in possession of a priceless Russian tiara that had been thought lost. She had been given the tiara in payment for boarding another Russian, Vyacheslav Gerznov, who works in a circus. He swears his mother brought the tiara with her when they left Russia. Galinova and Gerznov eventually agree to split the proceeds from the tiara between them for two thirds and one third respectively. The two cases are intertwined and there is a very good reason why someone has tried to frame Van Ness for murder.
Episode 24
The Case of the Fanciful Frail
Sun, Mar 27, 196660 mins
Ethel Andrews is a quiet woman, successful in her career at a financial management firm. She's understandably upset when her coworker, Bruce Strickland, leaves her standing at the altar. As if that weren't enough, she learns that $50,000 she signed for is missing from the office accounts. She decides to look for Strickland who supposedly went on vacation. While driving, she nearly has an accident causing another woman, Peggy Sutton, to run off the road and damage her car. Peggy Sutton, is herself, on the run after she receives an anonymous phone call telling her the mob has put a contract out on her. Ethel needs time to find out what happened to the money so when Peggy suggests they switch identities for a week, she accepts. When Ethel has a flat in Peggy's car, the man who changes the tires finds a package in the trunk which Ethel discovers contains over $50,000. Peggy is soon killed in a car accident and Ethel approaches Perry Mason to help her get out of the jam she's in. He finds her story to be somewhat unbelievable but when she is charged with murder, it's up to Perry to find the real killer.
Episode 25
The Case of the Unwelcome Well
Sun, Apr 3, 196652 mins
Jerome Klee is a powerful and much disliked businessman. He's made his fortune in the oil industry and his sole goal in life seems to be make as much money as he possibly can. He's contracted with Allen Winford to drill a test well on ranch land owned by Jason Rohan. Oil is found there but he decides not to exercise his option having just signed a lucrative deal with the Prince of a Middle East country. That's bad news for Winford, whose small company would have finally made the big time, and for Rohan, who has been spending money he's not yet been paid. At home, Klee has dropped his long-time mistress in favor of a young French actress. An attempt is made on Klee's life when someone shoots at him. Winford, who is with him, sees the shooter and knocks Klee down, saving his life. Besides Winford, Klee has taken advantage of the others who work for him. All in all, it's no surprise when Klee is found murdered with Winford's monkey wrench and his truck is seen leaving the scene. When Winford is charged with the crime, he hires Perry Mason to defend him.
Episode 26
The Case of the Dead Ringer
Sun, Apr 17, 196660 mins
Perry Mason finds himself the target of an attempt to discredit him while he is in the middle of a major lawsuit. Perry is representing a young woman, Barbara Kramer, who accuses Otis Swanson of stealing her father's intellectual property. Swanson will stop at nothing to win and endorses his nephew Dan's elaborate plan to discredit the famous attorney in court. Using an investigator, Dan has located a British sailor, Grimes, who is the spitting image of Mason. He arranges to have Grimes - dressed and groomed to look like Perry - try and bribe a prospective witness. A missing letter will prove Barbara's case but, without it, Perry loses the case and not only has to defend his reputation but also protect Barbara who continues to involve herself in risky behavior with Dan Swanson trying to find the missing letter. Barbara is accused of murder after Otis Swanson is found dead by Paul with Barbara standing behind a curtain.
Episode 27
The Case of the Misguided Model
Sun, Apr 24, 196652 mins
Sharon Carmody asks her friend, ex-boxer Duke Maronek, to walk her home as a man, Art Grover, has been harassing her. When they arrive at her apartment, they hear movement inside and Duke goes in alone, only to be jumped by someone inside. Sharon calls the police from a pay phone in the hall. After the melee, Duke finds his attacker dead behind the sofa. Sharon, a model who is up for a major sponsorship job as the White Snow Princess, begs him to dispose of the body so as not to hurt her chances before the police arrive. He does so but consults Perry Mason, who has helped Duke before, late that night. He rejects Perry's advice that he go to the police because of Sharon and because he is afraid of confinement in small places. But when another man is charged with killing the man, Perry is forced to act. He tries to convince Sharon to come forward but she won't and is a near lock to win the job of her dreams. Duke is soon on the run and Perry begins to think that someone else might be responsible for the murder.
Episode 28
The Case of the Positive Negative
Sun, May 1, 196652 mins
A committee, which includes Perry Mason, hopes to hire retired General Roger Brandon to lead a law enforcement commission in the city of San Carlos. Brandon is a highly respected leader and troubleshooter and the hope is that he will rid them of mobster George Emory, who has made San Carlos his base of operations. Before he's even had a chance to accept or reject the offer, Brandon finds himself being blackmailed into declining. If he doesn't, a compromising photo of his wife, Laura, and his aide, Warren Cotton, will be sent to the press. Cotton's uncle, Bill Cotton, is a professional photographer with a shop in San Carlos who is known to work for Emory. His shop, a drop for payoffs to Emory, is set afire by someone. When Emory is found dead shot, with Brandon's gun, Brandon is arrested for the murder. Brandon did visit the mobster that evening but he was alive when he left. A badly exposed negative gives Perry the vital information he needs to identify the real killer.
Episode 29
The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper
Sun, May 15, 196652 mins
Alex Tanner and his wife, Patricia, return to the United States from Japan after Patricia's father dies, leaving her with a major stake in his global media empire. Alex is to take over while she stays home to raise their 18 month old son, Billy. At a party given for him by the staff, a drunk newspaper columnist, Danny Shine, continuously badgers Alex, saying he visited their home that afternoon and will have an interesting article in a few days time. Most people at the party think he's just being obnoxious so his assistant, Greg Stanley, angrily drives him home only to get there and find that Shine was dead in the seat beside him all the time. Stanley is charged with murder and Perry Mason agrees to defend him. Soon after, however, the Tanners' son is kidnapped, presumably to keep them from testifying about something at the trial. They refuse to bring in the police, making Perry's job even more difficult to find the truth and defend Stanley.
Episode 30
The Case of the Final Fade-Out
Sun, May 22, 196660 mins
Producer Jackson Sidemark has a hit TV series. Unfortunately, his star, Barry Conrad, tells him he won't be doing another season after Sidemark is already on the hook for numerous contractual obligations. Conrad stabs others in the back too, like the former star Winifred Glover who gave him his start, and the writer of Sidemark's show. There's little surprise when Conrad's murder occurs but nothing goes as expected after that. Conrad was killed in the midst of a scene with a last minute plot change in which guns are substituted for knives. There's perjury, dismissal of charges against Sidemark, and accusations from Burger of Perry's misconduct. After a second murder with Sidemark as the victim, Perry has a new client - the actress Winifred Glover, and must solve both cases to get at the truth. He's helped and hindered by a cast of both familiar TV faces and members of the "Perry Mason" crew in bit parts, plus Perry's creator Erle Stanley Gardner as the final Judge.
