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1.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma
(1959)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry Mason finds himself defending his private investigator Paul Drake against a charge of murder. It all began when Frank Thatcher hit a pedestrian walking on the side of the road and kills him. He hires Paul to payoff the widow.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 383
2.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Deadly Verdict
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a very rare occurrence, Perry Mason loses a case when Janice Barton is convicted of murdering her aunt and is subsequently sentenced to death. After the verdict, Perry still investigates to try to find the real killer among the heirs.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 425
3.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Final Fade-Out
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barry Conrad has become a major star with an oversized ego. At the last moment, he tells his producer, Jackson Sidemark, that he won't be signing a new contract. Conrad, then Sidemark, are killed giving Perry two clients back-to-back.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 528
4.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Nebulous Nephew
(1963)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John Brooks arrives at the elderly Stone sisters' home saying he knew a nephew who was declared illegitimate as a youth. Due to his recall of facts they think he is really their nephew. Ernest Stone is murdered in a tangled web of deceit.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 375
5.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Shapely Shadow
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Janice Wainwright is a dedicated secretary to Morley Theilman who becomes concerned when she learns he is being blackmailed. Perry advises her to follow through with her instructions but it results in her being charged with his murder.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 317
6.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Weary Watchdog
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Della is on the hook to Perry for $25,000 but more importantly may go to prison for helping a friend charged with murder who was being blackmailed. Perry must not only prove his client but his trusted secretary innocent as well.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 347
7.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Ruinous Road
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Adam Conrad, a junior engineer for a construction firm having cost issues, is uncovering issues with boss Joe Marshall. Joe frames Adam for embezzling causing Adam to go looking for Joe. Joe is murdered with Adam seen leaving the scene.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 253
8.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Carefree Coronary
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry Mason is called in to investigate why an insurance company is near bankruptcy due to excessive claims. He calls in a claimant who appears to be healthy but dies when forced to come in for an exam, putting Perry in the hot seat.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 263
9.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dazed woman found in a park in a raincoat says she has amnesia but her story makes no sense. She supposedly eloped with a man who is ultimately found dead in the same park. When she is charged, Perry has to dig deep to find the truth.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 321
10.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry and Della are enjoying a quiet dinner at Morey Allen's restaurant when a waitress suddenly runs out and is hit by a car, shots are fired, and Perry is left holding a moth-eaten mink with a pawn ticket hidden in it.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 553
11.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Nervous Neighbor
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Charles Fuller hires Paul to find his mother. Paul does but she is wanted for murdering her husband. Due to amnesia from the incident, Perry gets her off but then Charles is charged with murder of the man who tried to cheat him and his mom.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 269
12.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Wayward Wife
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Walking down the street, Korean War veteran Arthur Poe is shocked to see a book about the war displayed, 'written' by Ben Sutton who was with him in the war. The book is a bestseller but is actually based on a diary Poe kept in the war.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 341
13.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Antic Angel
(1964)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
William Sherwood, a recovering alcoholic, thinks he sees his dead wife Ruth leaving a bar. The experience causes him to start drinking, and he contacts Perry because she died in a plane crash. Then she turns up dead--again.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 263
14.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Elusive Element
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dwight Garrett is the absent-minded brains of a floundering high-tech partnership with Austin Lloyd who is more of a con-artist. In an attempt to save himself, Lloyd tries to frame Garrett for his murder but the murder becomes real.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 280
15.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Frantic Flyer
(1960)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Howard Walters and his mistress, Janice Atkins, plan to rob Wade Taylor's company, blame Taylor's son, and fake Walters' death. Janice schemes with Roger Porter to double-cross Howard. Plans go amiss and Taylor's wife is charged with murder.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 334
16.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Lucky Loser
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ted Balfour is convicted of vehicular manslaughter and given a suspended sentence through a plea bargain. When the police discover the victim actually died of a gunshot wound to the head, Ted is charged with first-degree murder.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 413
17.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Mystified Miner
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Naïve secretary Susan Fisher, working overtime, tries to help her boss' employer who comes to town to check the books but digs herself deeper into trouble. She is charged with murder when another company employee is found dead.
Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 277
18.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Mythical Monkeys
(1960)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A novelist sends her secretary to pick up a package at a remote cabin, but in the driving rain, her car becomes stuck. At a cabin a man denies knowing anything about a package but allows her to dry off. He disappears, and she finds a body.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 343
19.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry takes on the case of Jefferson Pike who is referred to him by none other than DA Hamilton Burger. Pike and Burger are old friends - Pike once saved his life - and the D.A. officially removes himself from anything to do with the case.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 336
20.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Renegade Refugee
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Harlan Merrill is acting strangely at the same time a reporter reveals he is looking for an escaped Nazi among the executives of an aerospace company. Merrill tries to see Mason but misses him. When the reporter is killed, he is charged.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 313
21.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A cop discovers an art dealer is selling the stolen painting "Sunrise in Sausalito." When the cop is found dead in the gallery, Perry defends the dealer and an employee. Paul poses as a truck driver to uncover the real fencing operation.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 251
22.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Screaming Woman
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An elderly nurse visits Perry for advice but leaves not listening. Later, she arrives at the police station to confess to killing a columnist who is using a book she stole from a doctor to blackmail him into giving her a baby of her own.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 445
23.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Unwelcome Bride
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Greg Frazer is the son of a successful investment manager who is disappointed Greg has led a wasted life and married the entertainer Sue Ellen. When Greg is found murdered with her standing over the body holding a knife, she is charged.
Director: Gilbert Kay | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 315
24.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Violent Village
(1960)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Phil Beecher returns from a year in prison for vehicular manslaughter of Aggie Norris the sheriff's daughter. His wife Kathi forgives him, although the people of the town despise him. Phil is charged when sister Charlotte Norris is killed.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 342
25.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Witless Witness
(1963)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Judge Daniel Redmond has been nominated to run for Lt. Governor for his high level of integrity and respect. However, he is soon forced to turn it down when he's accused of fraud and murdering the witness against him.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 276
26.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Sarah Drummond Story
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
During a storm, Flint takes shelter at a farmhouse. He soon discovers the husband is refusing his wife the care of a midwife and before it's too late for her he needs to find out why.
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Ward Bond, Robert Horton, June Lockhart, Gene Evans
Votes: 94
27. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Approved | 25 min | Western
The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.
Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham, Stewart East
Votes: 3,328
28. Stump the Stars (1947– )
30 min | Game-Show
Television's first treatment of "Charades" as played by Hollywood celebrities. The giveaway was the use of gestures that defined "film", "TV show", "book" or "song" as well as "small word (... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Stokey, Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland
Votes: 106
29.
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode:
Long Way Home
(1961)
Approved | 30 min | Western
Paladin receives a reply to a telegram he sent regarding a wanted man with a $5000 bounty on his head. When he catches up to him, he finds a man whose slave past is what really may have made him an outlaw.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Richard Boone, Ivan Dixon, John Milford, William Talman
Votes: 92
30.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Accosted Accountant
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ed Lewis, a vice president, is in a fight with his father-in-law B.K. over the future of Vero-Plastics. Ed thinks B.K. is embezzling and under the control of Leslie Ross. When B.K. is murdered, Ed is seen throwing away the weapon.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 267
31.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom
(1959)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lovely blonde hops over the wall onto Perry Mason's terrace. When confronted, she says her name is Virginia Colfax claiming to be a secretary next door. Next door, majority stockholder Edward Garvin is in a proxy fight with his ex-wife.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 319
32.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Gallant Grafter
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The CEO of a company is in a proxy fight with another officer with a bad reputation. The CEO is forced to grant his wife a divorce to get her proxies. His opponent has the books checked which turns up a huge theft and a murder.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 288
33.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Haunted Husband
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Della persuades Perry to take a case where a girl in a car accident is framed for stealing the car and killing the driver of a truck. She claims another man was driving the car. Two murders later Perry is still trying to clear her.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 476
34.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Howling Dog
(1959)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A divorced woman escapes a sanitarium to retrieve money stolen by her ex-husband now married to her ex-sister-in-law. Her brother handles the problem but decides he wants his ex-wife back but when the ex-husband is murdered she is charged.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 357
35.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Irate Inventor
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inventor James Frazer thinks his wife Thelma is having an affair, so he leaves for three months to work on his aircraft anti-collision device. James returns home to find his locked workshop in flames and Thelma dead inside of a gunshot.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 310
36.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Posthumous Painter
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jack Culross decides to fake his suicide to increase the value of his paintings. His wife leaves the country so he is able to finish his unfinished work with the assistance of his agent. His wife returns only to be charged with his murder.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 291
37.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Reluctant Model
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Maxine Lindsay, aspiring artist and model but naive, becomes embroiled in a law suit about whether a painting is a fake. She repeats the comments of Colin Durant about the painting. Durant is found shot in her shower, so she is charged.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 251
38.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gorgeous woman's trailer was stolen while she was sunbathing, so she asks for Perry's help in finding it. She claims it contains her diary, which details the truthful account of a notorious bank heist her father was convicted for.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 474
39.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Torrid Tapestry
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Claude Demay is framed for burning an art collection in Brazil by Leonard Voss. After five years in prison, Demay returns to LA where he plots revenge using a copy of a tapestry he wove in prison. But, when Voss is murdered, he is charged.
Director: John English | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 287
40. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 11,815
41.
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode:
The Shooting of Jessie May
(1960)
Approved | 30 min | Western
After reading an article in a local newspaper, Paladin rides to Wyoming to see Joe Ergo. Seems that Jessie May Turnbow is seeking revenge against the jury that convicted his father ten ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Boone | Stars: Richard Boone, Robert Blake, William Talman, Hari Rhodes
Votes: 119
42.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Angry Dead Man
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man who nearly drowns learns it is believed he is dead. Because he recently found he is dying, he decides to stay dead so his wife can collect his insurance. However, she is charged later when he is found shot dead after calling her.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 308
43.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Artful Dodger
(1959)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Allen Sheridan's aunt comes to Los Angeles to find out why he won't pay her the monthly stipend his dad required. Meanwhile, Sheridan is scheming to cheat other people out of their money at the same time he comes into his full inheritance.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 312
44.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Bigamous Spouse
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Encyclopedia saleswoman Gwynn Elston has moved in with her friend, Nell Grimes, and her new husband Felton. Gwynn spots a picture in a customer's home and realizes Felton is a bigamist. When Felton is found dead, Gwynn is the prime suspect.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 281
45.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Bogus Books
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Demure Ellen Carter works at a relative's bookstore. When a book is found missing, he fires Ellen who is concerned she might be arrested. During a visit with him, Perry notices a first edition. When the owner is murdered, Ellen is charged.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 313
46.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat
(1959)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Peter Baxter decides to test his heirs' loyalties. He pretends to change his will, cutting them all out and leaving his estate to his caretaker, James Hing, who is then supposed to burn down Baxter's house with a medical cadaver in it.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 344
47.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Credulous Quarry
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In an unusual case, Perry clears his client from a hit-and-run homicide only to find him charged with first-degree murder instead. As a favor to another attorney, Perry's client had agreed to help cover up a hit-and-run accident for him.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 316
48.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Crimson Kiss
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fay Allison and her roommate Anita are found unconscious by Fay's aunt, Louise Marlow, who calls her attorney Perry Mason in desperation. In the girls' apartment Perry and Della discover a key that leads them to the body of Carver Clement.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 494
49.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Dead Ringer
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry loses a patent case for Barbara Kramer, whose father had died. A missing letter would prove her case but the other side used a sailor who looks like Perry to implicate him in bribery. When the winner is killed, Barbara is charged.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 349
50.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Fatal Fortune
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A fortune teller tells Pat Kean that she will get married but it will end tragically. She later marries her boss, Max Armstead, a client and good friend of Mason's. However, a few weeks later, Max dies from an apparent case of poisoning.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 285