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Perry Mason: Season 1

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39 episodes · premiered Sep 21, 1957

This first season establishes the attorney’s reputation for composure and his sharp instinct for truth. Each episode revolves around a criminal case in which the accused seems doomed from the start. Mason, supported by Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, dismantles appearances: trapped inheritances, troubled marriages, false confessions, family schemes, crimes staged as accidents. Through methodical investigation and courtroom twists, he exposes the real culprit, often at the most dramatic moment.

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  1. Episode 1: The Case of the Restless Redhead Sep 21, 1957 · 53m Perry drives to the scene of a shooting and finds the police recovering the body of Harry Merrill from a car that went over the side of a mountain. MerriIl has a bullet in his body and a…
  2. Episode 2: The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece Sep 28, 1957 · 53m Peter Cole is caught one night sleepwalking with a letter opener and standing over his wife's bed. His wife Doris is afraid and decides the next day to file for divorce. Exactly one year…
  3. Episode 3: The Case of the Nervous Accomplice Oct 5, 1957 · 53m Sybil Granger hires Perry to help her buy stock in her estranged husband's oil company on the sly. By this, Sybil hopes to force her husband's latest girlfriend, Roxy Howard, out of the…
  4. Episode 4: The Case of the Drowning Duck Oct 12, 1957 · 53m Donald Briggs is an unscrupulous private investigator hired by Clyde Waters to uncover information about Marv Adams, his daughter's fiancé. Later, Donald Briggs is found dead in his motel…
  5. Episode 5: The Case of the Sulky Girl Oct 19, 1957 · 53m Fran Celane feels her uncle, Edward Norton, is too restrictive as the executor of her father's spendthrift trust. He also wants her to wait 18 months until her 25th birthday before she…
  6. Episode 6: The Case of the Silent Partner Oct 26, 1957 · 53m Harry Marlow owns a florist business and wants to own a part of Mildred Kimber's orchid business, but Mildred Kimber is not interested. So, Harry Marlow makes an arrangement with a local…
  7. Episode 7: The Case of the Angry Mourner Nov 2, 1957 · 53m Carla Adrian is having trouble fending off amorous neighbor Mark Cushing. When another neighbor hears a shot and a woman's scream, then witnesses Carla's Mother, Belle Adrian, in Mark…
  8. Episode 8: The Case of the Crimson Kiss Nov 9, 1957 · 53m In a few day’s time, Fay Allison is getting married to Dane Grover. Her roommate, Anita Bonsal, is having a clandestine affair with a married man, Carver Clement. Fay Allison is later…
  9. Episode 9: The Case of the Vagabond Vixen Nov 16, 1957 · 53m Hollywood producer John Addison picks up an attractive young woman hitchhiker. Far from being innocent, she turns out to be a blackmailer—and a witness to a murder that Addison is charged…
  10. Episode 10: The Case of the Runaway Corpse Nov 23, 1957 · 52m Ed Davenport learns that a sandwich he requested to be tested by a lab contains arsenic and blames his wife Myrna. When he confronts her about his suspicions, she denies it. He leaves for…
  11. Episode 11: The Case of the Crooked Candle Nov 30, 1957 · 53m While Martha Bradford is waiting for her appointment at a beauty parlor, she meets Rita Bradford who apparently is also married to her husband, Joe Bradford. Joe is found dead on his boat…
  12. Episode 12: The Case of the Negligent Nymph Dec 7, 1957 · 52m Perry Mason and Paul Drake are on a fishing trip when they spot a young woman named Sally Fenner being pursued by vicious guard dogs on an island estate. The only way Sally can avoid being…
  13. Episode 13: The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink Dec 14, 1957 · 53m Restrauteur Morey Allen, a friend of Perry and Della's, has a problem: his waitress, Dixie Dayton, was struck by a car while fleeing the restaurant after spotting a man stalking her. The…
  14. Episode 14: The Case of the Baited Hook Dec 21, 1957 · 52m Robert Dawson confronts Albert Tydings, his partner, about $80K missing from Carol Stanley's trust account. Albert Tydings admits he embezzled the money and blackmails Robert Dawson to…
  15. Episode 15: The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse Dec 28, 1957 · 53m Perry and Della witness an automobile accident which leads Perry to defend an exotic dancer charged with murder.
  16. Episode 16: The Case of the Demure Defendant Jan 4, 1958 · 52m Nadine Marshall lives with her Uncle Martin and Captain Hugo. She comes home excited with the news of her engagement to John Locke. When she tells her Uncle Martin, he shows her some…
  17. Episode 17: The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary Jan 11, 1958 · 53m Arlene Dowling reports the theft of all her belongings, including a diary she is anxious to get back.
  18. Episode 18: The Case of the Cautious Coquette Jan 18, 1958 · 52m Perry has to navigate his way through a hornet's nest of murder, hit-and-run, secret marriage, and a missing witness in this episode.
  19. Episode 19: The Case of the Haunted Husband Jan 25, 1958 · 53m Claire Olger, a hitchhiker, is picked up by Michael Greeley. He loses control of the car and has an accident due to his being intoxicated. Eventually, her friend, Doris Stephanak, asks…
  20. Episode 20: The Case of the Lonely Heiress Feb 1, 1958 · 52m Heiress Marilyn Cartright places an ad in a magazine in order to find love and companionship. In reality, Marilyn is looking for the con artist who swindled and drove her sister to…
  21. Episode 21: The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister Feb 8, 1958 · 53m Arthur West, a disreputable private investigator, has found J. J. Stanley in a cheap motel. He knows Mr. Stanley and his partner, Ned Bain, were involved in the embezzlement of the Texas…
  22. Episode 22: The Case of the Fugitive Nurse Feb 15, 1958 · 52m Janet Norris is charged with poisoning her doctor husband just before he flew to his death in his private plane. Further investigation reveals that Dr. Norris did not die in the plane…
  23. Episode 23: The Case of the One-Eyed Witness Feb 22, 1958 · 53m Della and Perry's dinner at a fancy French restaurant is interrupted by a phone call and an envelope containing $500.00 from a mysterious woman named Marian Fargo. Later, Marion's husband…
  24. Episode 24: The Case of the Deadly Double Mar 1, 1958 · 52m When Robert Crane is charged with the murder of his sister's estranged husband, Perry needs the testimony of sister Helen Reed to clear him of the charge. Unfortunately for all concerned…
  25. Episode 25: The Case of the Empty Tin Mar 8, 1958 · 53m Doris Hocksley is shown a personal newspaper ad in a Los Angeles newspaper for locating the daughter of Adam Hocksley and providing proof of same. A friend, John Lowell, suggests she…
  26. Episode 26: The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife Mar 15, 1958 · 52m Perry receives a telegram from Frank Lawton, an old friend of his, asking for his help as Frank thinks he’s about to be arrested.
  27. Episode 27: The Case of the Desperate Daughter Mar 22, 1958 · 52m Stefan Riker has come from Germany seeking the woman posing as Lisa Bannister—who is visibly shaken by his presence. Attempting to help her stepmother, Doris Bannister pretends to be…
  28. Episode 28: The Case of the Daring Decoy Mar 29, 1958 · 52m Daniel Conway is involved in a vicious proxy war with Warner Griffith for control of an oil company. Conway's secretary, Rose Calvert, is spying for Griffith. When Rose is found dead…
  29. Episode 29: The Case of the Hesitant Hostess Apr 5, 1958 · 52m When Albert Sanders is charged with the murder of dance hall girl, Kim Lane, Perry offers to defend him pro bono because he knows Sanders is down on his luck and still devastated over the…
  30. Episode 30: The Case of the Screaming Woman Apr 26, 1958 · 52m Gossip columnist Mary K. Davis is found murdered and it seems there is no shortage of suspects.
  31. Episode 31: The Case of the Fiery Fingers May 3, 1958 · 52m When wealthy Louise Gordon is poisoned to death her nurse is charged with the crime. Perry does some digging and discovers that the first wife of the victim's husband also died of…
  32. Episode 32: The Case of the Substitute Face May 10, 1958 · 52m Perry and Della are traveling on a cruise ship returning to Los Angeles from Vancouver. A fellow passenger, Carl Houser, who recently came into a bunch of money, and his wife and daughter…
  33. Episode 33: The Case of the Long-Legged Models May 17, 1958 · 52m Racketeer George Castle kills Las Vegas hotel owner Glenn Faulkner over a gambling debt and sets his sights on land inherited by Faulkner's daughter, Stephanie. When Castle turns up…
  34. Episode 34: The Case of the Gilded Lily May 24, 1958 · 52m Enid Griffin, the secretary of Stewart Brent, attempts to commit suicide after learning her boss has married. Arthur Binney attempts to blackmail Stewart Brent with facts about his new…
  35. Episode 35: The Case of the Lazy Lover May 31, 1958 · 52m Attempting to miss hitting her stepfather's car, Patricia Faxon swerves as she enters her driveway and hits the hedges. After asking her stepfather, Bertrand Allred, to move his car, he…
  36. Episode 36: The Case of the Prodigal Parent Jun 7, 1958 · 52m Lorraine Stevens is fighting off the advances of the owner of the import-export company where she works, Philip Larkin. Later that evening she is asked to pick up something at the Alcorn…
  37. Episode 37: The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde Jun 14, 1958 · 52m A visit from an attractive blonde sporting a black eye leads to a case concerning a wealthy man's long lost grandson and murder.
  38. Episode 38: The Case of the Terrified Typist Jun 21, 1958 · 52m While a woman is searching the office of the South African Diamond Company, George Baxter enters to meet Walter Lumis and Duane Jefferson. He notices things in disarray and questions the…
  39. Episode 39: The Case of the Rolling Bones Jun 28, 1958 · 52m When Daniel Reed (Edgar Stehli) finds himself being blackmailed by an old business partner from his time in Alaska, Perry must first save him from the insane asylum and then the gas chamber.