Synopsis
Includes:
Perry Mason: The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wary Wildcatter (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wayward Wife (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Nimble Nephew (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Gallant Grafter (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Singing Skirt (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Slandered Submarine (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Madcap Modiste (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Flighty Father (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Irate Inventor (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Crying Cherub (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Bashful Burro (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ominous Outcast (1960)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Mythical Monkeys
Secretary Gladys Dole (played by future Oscar winner Lucille Fletcher) encounters one perilous obstacle after another while running an errand for her employer, best-selling author Mauvis Meade (Beverly Garland). Things get really bad for Gladys when she stumbles upon a dead body in a mountain cabin, and is charged with murder. In his efforts to defend Gladys in court, Perry (Raymond Burr) must contend with the fact that his client has apparently been moonlighting as a go-between for the Mob--not to mention the fact that the murder cabin was rented in Gladys' name. This episode is based on a 1959 novel by Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wary Wildcatter
Oilman Charles Houston (Byron Palmer) might have gotten away with murdering his wife had he not be "captured" on film by cagey wildlife photographer Robert Byrd (Harry Jackson). Before long, Houston is being blackmailed, and to add to his problems his sister-in-law Paula (Lori March) has been depleting his oil profits. It could be that Paula is also mixed up with blackmail--but before anything else can be revealed, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) must save Paula from the gas chamber after she is discovered in a locked room with Houston's corpse! Watch for a young, pre-Mission: Impossible Barbara Bain in a key supporting role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor
Lt. Tragg (Ray Collins) can't believe his eyes: traditional courtroom rivals Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) and DA Hamilton Burger (William Talman) are working together to save a man from a murder charge! The man in question is Jeff Pike (J. Pat O'Malley), who years earlier had saved Burger's life. When Jeff is accused of killing Denver Leonard (Walter Coy), Burger recuses himself from the case and puts his old friend's fate in the hands of his "friendly enemy" Perry. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wayward Wife
Ben Sutton (Richard Shannon) is having a high old time spending the royalties from his best-selling book, dealing with his experiences a Korean POW. In fact, Ben has apparently depleted his savings, else why would he be borrowing so much from the brother of his long-suffering wife Sylvia (Bethel Leslie)? As it happens, Sutton is being blackmailed by someone who knows that he is a fraud, and that the actual author of his book is recuperating in an Army hospital. Sylvia also knows that Ben is a phony--and as such, she is arrested when her husband is murdered. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) must find out who else besides Sylvia knew Sutton's secret and was willing to kill him because of it. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Nimble Nephew
To test the honesty of his two nephews, old Adam Thompson (William H. Wright) tells them about a secret map leading to a valuable piece of land, then lets them know that the map is locked in his safe. He then sets up an infrared camera in front of the safe to find out if either nephew is capable of robbery. Unfortunately, the map vanishes even though the safe is never opened--and when Adam's foreman Frank Jarrett (Crahan Denton), who ends up in possession of the map, is murdered, Adam's nephew Harry (a young Bert Convy) is arrested for the crime. It looks like Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is up against a good old-fashioned "locked room" mystery this time. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Gallant Grafter
At the height of a nasty corporate power struggle, embezzling accountant Robert Doniger (Phil Terry) is murdered. The man accused of the crime is Edward Nelson (Herbert Rudley), who had earlier hired Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) to protect him from threats he'd received from his spiteful wife Sylvia (Virginia Arness) and from business rival Frank Avery (John Stephenson). Now Perry must assemble enough evidence to prove that Nelson is not a murderer,and that someone else in his circle of "friends" is the guilty party. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Singing Skirt
Gambling-casino owner George Anclitis (Henry Lascoe) has two big problems on his hands: His second-in-command Slim Marcus (H.M. Wynant) has been caught cheating in a high-stakes card game, and Slim's girlfriend Vivian (Jeanne Moody) has been murdered. Hoping to kill several birds with a single stone, Anclitis uses a hot gun and a few ounces of marijuana to frame Betty Roberts (Joan O'Brien), a cigarette girl who "knows too much", for Vivian's murder. Lucky for Betty that she'd previously engaged the services of Perry Mason (Perry Mason) because she'd figured that Anclitis and Marcus were up to something fishy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Slandered Submarine
There's intrigue aplenty aboard the USS "Moray" when Navy submarine commander James Page (Hugh Marlowe) accuses seaman Robert Chapman (Jack Ging) of murdering a nightclub singer. Things get worse for Chapman when Cmdr. Page himself is killed. In his efforts to defend Chapman, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) exposes evidence of a complicated blackmail scheme involving an electronics firm owned by the victim's father-in-law Anthony Beldon (Robert F. Simon). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Madcap Modiste
High-fashion diva Flavia Halliday (Marie Windsor) humiliates her husband Charles (John Conte) on network television by flatly refuting Charles' announcement that he has sold their firm's name to another company. For Charles, this is the last straw: He demands a divorce, but Flavia merely laughs at him. Subsequently, Flavia is poisoned, and as she dies in the arms of her companion Leona (Dorothy Neumann) she accuses Charles and his mistress Hope (Leslie Parrish) of killing her! Can Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) neutralize the power of a deathbed statement to clear Charles and Hope of murder? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Flighty Father
When Louisa Holbrook leaves $10,000,000 to her teeange daughter Trudy (Ann Benton), two different men appear out of nowhere, claiming to be Trudy's long-lost father. Though Trudy believes the "first" Jay Holbrook (Hayden Rorke), detectives have unearthed persuasive evidence that Jay Holbrook Number Two (Francis DeSales) is the genuine article. The only person who will be able to identity the real Jay Holbrook is Trudy's blind uncle Lawrence King (Francis X. Bushman)--and when King is murdered, Trudy is charged with the crime, obliging family attorney Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) to rush to the girl's defense. This is the final episode of Perry Mason's third season. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Irate Inventor
Inventor James Frazer (Tom Coley) has reason aplenty to hate his wife Thelma (Ce Ce Whitney). Not only is she cheating on him, but she has also stolen the plans of his latest invention. Rather than retaliate, Frazer leaves town for three months to cool off. During his absence, Thelma discovers that unless Frazer returns immediately, he will forfeit his share in his multimillion dollar electronics firm. Dutifully, Frazer does come back--only to find that Thelma has been murdered and that he is the chief suspect. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) must prove Frazer's innocence, even though his client was the only person capable of entering the burglar-proof room where Thelma died. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Crying Cherub
A valuable Matisse is stolen from an art museum and replaced by a forgery. Museum curator June Sinclair (Mala Powers) and her boyfriend David Lambert (Joe Maross) are suspected of the crime--and then charged with the murder of the actual thief, David's wife Lisa (Carmen Philips). Thus it is that Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) has two clients to save from the gas chamber. The huge supporting cast includes veteran radio actresses Isabel Randolph and Elvia Allman, and former B-western hero Jack Perrin. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Bashful Burro
The "rodeo week" festivities in the town of Placer City apparently include a barroom brawl, which is broken up by none other than Perry Mason (Raymond Burr), in town to deliver a subpoena to elusive prospector Amos Catledge (George Mitchell). Perry becomes more deeply involved in the situation when one of the brawlers, Ken Bascombe (Hugh Sanders) is murdered, apparently by the other brawler, Gerald Norton (Ray Sticklyn). Per the episode's title, Perry hinges his defense of Norton on the "testimony" of a burro! This episode was hastily inserted into Perry Mason's third-season manifest as a replacement for "The Case of the Credulous Quarry", which remained on the shelf until Season Four. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ominous Outcast
Bob Lansing (Jeremy Slate), lookalike son of a notorious bank robber, arrives in a small town to receive information about his father from J.J. Flaherty (Robert Emhardt), the local bigwig who has been making huge contributions to the orphanage where Bob grew up. Instead of information, Bob is the recipient of a great deal of hostility from the townsfolk--including his so-called benefactor. Ultimately, murder rears its ugly head, and in order to defend accused killer Bob in court, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) must somehow solve a crime that occurred way back in 1939. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
