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Perry Mason: Season 5

Poster for Perry Mason Season 5

30 episodes · premiered Sep 1, 1961

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  1. Episode 1: The Case of the Jealous Journalist Sep 2, 1961 · 51m The drowning death of a newspaper executive during a fishing trip sets off all kinds of repercussions at the newspaper itself.
  2. Episode 2: The Case of the Impatient Partner Sep 16, 1961 · 52m Paint manufacturer Amory Fallon suspects that his partner Ned Thompson is behind a mysterious fire and explosion.
  3. Episode 3: The Case of the Missing Melody Sep 30, 1961 · 51m Perry and Della attend the wedding of Polly Courtland to Eddy King. The ceremony is halted at the altar when Polly begins screaming, "No! No!" and hurriedly exits the church. It seems as…
  4. Episode 4: The Case of the Malicious Mariner Oct 7, 1961 · 51m During a terrible storm at sea, First Officer Jerry Griffin dumps a million dollars worth of goods into the sea in order to lessen the chances of his cargo freighter sinking. Once on…
  5. Episode 5: The Case of the Crying Comedian Oct 14, 1961 · 51m Comic Charlie Hatch learns that the woman he loved and lost, Anne Gilrain, has escaped from a sanitarium to which she was forced to commit herself by her husband, Tom. When Tom Gilrain is…
  6. Episode 6: The Case of the Meddling Medium Oct 21, 1961 · 51m Phony psychic Phillip Paisley meets a grisly death when an elevator that has been tampered with crashes. In the climactic scene Perry sets up another fantastic demonstration to prove his…
  7. Episode 7: The Case of the Pathetic Patient Oct 28, 1961 · 51m Perry finds himself defending Dr. Wayne Edley who has been accused of committing two murders.
  8. Episode 8: The Case of the Traveling Treasure Nov 4, 1961 · 51m Perry and Paul are all set to go deep see fishing on a boat owned by their friend, Scott Cahill, but when Cahill's regular customer wants the boat for the weekend they have to charter…
  9. Episode 9: The Case of the Posthumous Painter Nov 11, 1961 · 51m Artist Jack Culross fakes his own suicide and sees the sales of his paintings go through the roof. His only problem was that he forgot to inform his wife Edna of the scheme. After Edna…
  10. Episode 10: The Case of the Injured Innocent Nov 18, 1961 · 51m A really weird courtroom confession scene highlights this episode about the murder of a race car driver.
  11. Episode 11: The Case of the Left-Handed Liar Nov 25, 1961 · 51m Health club instructor Ward Nichols wants to marry the daughter of his employer, Bernard Daniels, but Ward's estranged wife, Veronica, is pressuring him for money and claiming to be…
  12. Episode 12: The Case of the Brazen Bequest Dec 2, 1961 · 51m Charles Cromwell, the president-elect of Euclid College, worries that some less than stellar moments from his past will be exposed when Maisie Freitag arrives on the scene to make an…
  13. Episode 13: The Case of the Renegade Refugee Dec 9, 1961 · 51m A journalist is murdered while tracking an ex-Nazi war criminal who may be posing as an executive at a company called Space Associates, Ltd.
  14. Episode 14: The Case of the Unwelcome Bride Dec 16, 1961 · 51m Wealthy Walter Frazer has always blamed his daughter-in-law Sue Ellen for his son Gregson's failures. You can only imagine how he feels when Sue Ellen is accused of Gregson's murder.
  15. Episode 15: The Case of the Roving River Dec 30, 1961 · 51m Perry is hired to help settle a land dispute in the Manzana Valley but the key witness is blown up by a homemade bomb. As usual, Perry's client is accused of the crime.
  16. Episode 16: The Case of the Shapely Shadow Jan 6, 1962 · 51m Naive secretary Janice Wainwright carries out boss Morley Thielman's orders and places a briefcase containing more than $100,000.00 in a train station locker. Then she waits for the…
  17. Episode 17: The Case of the Captain's Coins Jan 13, 1962 · 51m Historian Phillip Andrews tries to make a case that his fiancee, Evelyn Faraday, is entitled to a share of a shipping company fortune. Phillip then finds himself accused of murdering the…
  18. Episode 18: The Case of the Tarnished Trademark Jan 20, 1962 · 51m Axel Norstaad sells his much respected furniture trademark to Martin Somers, described by some as the slide trombone of the furniture business. Somers immediately begins stripping the…
  19. Episode 19: The Case of the Glamorous Ghost Feb 3, 1962 · 51m Eleanor Corbin pleads amnesia after police find her running and screaming through the woods near her apartment building. Her loss of memory is of little help to her when she is later…
  20. Episode 20: The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal Feb 10, 1962 · 51m A casual pen pal relationship leads to insider information and murder.
  21. Episode 21: The Case of the Mystified Miner Feb 24, 1962 · 51m Mason tries to clear his young, naive woman client, a corporate executive secretary, as a twisting and wheeling plot of murder, kidnapping, and embezzlement unfolds.
  22. Episode 22: The Case of the Crippled Cougar Mar 3, 1962 · 51m Mike Preston is a bitter man who despises Hugh Jamison because he mistakenly believes Jamison stole $100,000 from him and is responsible for him being crippled. Trying to entrap Jamison…
  23. Episode 23: The Case of the Absent Artist Mar 17, 1962 · 51m Cartoonist Pete Manders is elated when the owner of the comic strip "Zingy" offers to sell him the strip for a song. Pete is less than elated when he learns that his girlfriend Leslie is…
  24. Episode 24: The Case of the Melancholy Marksman Mar 24, 1962 · 51m Ted Chase discovers that his second wife, Irene, might have killed his first wife and contemplates revenge but someone else gets to Irene first. In his defense of Ted, Perry discovers that…
  25. Episode 25: The Case of the Angry Astronaut Apr 7, 1962 · 51m Astronaut Matthew Heller is suspected of killing his old service rival, General Addison Brand, after Brand is put in charge of the astronaut program.
  26. Episode 26: The Case of the Borrowed Baby Apr 14, 1962 · 51m A baby who mysteriously appears in Perry's office has a rare St. Christopher medal, which could help identify the baby's parents. If only the suspected father wasn't dead.
  27. Episode 27: The Case of the Counterfeit Crank Apr 28, 1962 · 51m A crazy man (or is he?), his dead nephew and a military base are tangled up in a confusing Perry Mason episode.
  28. Episode 28: The Case of the Ancient Romeo May 5, 1962 · 51m Perry and Della go out for a night at the theatre to see Perry's actor friend, Steve Brock, perform as Paris in Romeo and Juliet. The lights mysteriously go out during the dueling scene…
  29. Episode 29: The Case of the Promoter's Pillbox May 19, 1962 · 51m Aspiring screenwriter Herbert Simms submits his first teleplay to producer Charlie Corby who tries to use the manuscript as his own. Corby's scheme comes a cropper when he gets fatally…
  30. Episode 30: The Case of the Lonely Eloper May 26, 1962 · 51m Merle Telford is a naive and maladjusted young woman who is about to turn 21 and receive a substantial inheritance. She plans to run away from her guardians and elope with Danny Pierce as…