Perry Mason: Season 1
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 investigati
Season overview
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.
Episodes
The Case of the Restless Redhead
Sep 21, 1957 · 53 min
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
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece
Sep 28, 1957 · 53 min
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
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice
Oct 5, 1957 · 53 min
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 o
The Case of the Drowning Duck
Oct 12, 1957 · 53 min
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 h
The Case of the Sulky Girl
Oct 19, 1957 · 53 min
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 befor
The Case of the Silent Partner
Oct 26, 1957 · 53 min
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
The Case of the Angry Mourner
Nov 2, 1957 · 53 min
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 M
The Case of the Crimson Kiss
Nov 9, 1957 · 53 min
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
The Case of the Vagabond Vixen
Nov 16, 1957 · 53 min
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
The Case of the Runaway Corpse
Nov 23, 1957 · 52 min
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 l
The Case of the Crooked Candle
Nov 30, 1957 · 53 min
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
The Case of the Negligent Nymph
Dec 7, 1957 · 52 min
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 avo
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
Dec 14, 1957 · 53 min
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 he
The Case of the Baited Hook
Dec 21, 1957 · 52 min
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 Daws
The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse
Dec 28, 1957 · 53 min
Perry and Della witness an automobile accident which leads Perry to defend an exotic dancer charged with murder.
The Case of the Demure Defendant
Jan 4, 1958 · 52 min
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
The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary
Jan 11, 1958 · 53 min
Arlene Dowling reports the theft of all her belongings, including a diary she is anxious to get back.
The Case of the Cautious Coquette
Jan 18, 1958 · 52 min
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.
The Case of the Haunted Husband
Jan 25, 1958 · 53 min
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
The Case of the Lonely Heiress
Feb 1, 1958 · 52 min
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
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister
Feb 8, 1958 · 53 min
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 th
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
Feb 15, 1958 · 52 min
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 pl
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness
Feb 22, 1958 · 53 min
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
The Case of the Deadly Double
Mar 1, 1958 · 52 min
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 con
The Case of the Empty Tin
Mar 8, 1958 · 53 min
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
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
Mar 15, 1958 · 52 min
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.
The Case of the Desperate Daughter
Mar 22, 1958 · 52 min
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
The Case of the Daring Decoy
Mar 29, 1958 · 52 min
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 de
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
Apr 5, 1958 · 52 min
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 o
The Case of the Screaming Woman
Apr 26, 1958 · 52 min
Gossip columnist Mary K. Davis is found murdered and it seems there is no shortage of suspects.
The Case of the Fiery Fingers
May 3, 1958 · 52 min
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
The Case of the Substitute Face
May 10, 1958 · 52 min
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 d
The Case of the Long-Legged Models
May 17, 1958 · 52 min
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 u
The Case of the Gilded Lily
May 24, 1958 · 52 min
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 hi
The Case of the Lazy Lover
May 31, 1958 · 52 min
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 c
The Case of the Prodigal Parent
Jun 7, 1958 · 52 min
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
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde
Jun 14, 1958 · 52 min
A visit from an attractive blonde sporting a black eye leads to a case concerning a wealthy man's long lost grandson and murder.
The Case of the Terrified Typist
Jun 21, 1958 · 52 min
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 questi
The Case of the Rolling Bones
Jun 28, 1958 · 52 min
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 ga