Perry Mason: Season 4
Perry Mason Season 4 continues the overarching saga across twenty-eight episodes, following the cases of the master criminal defense attorney. The television series, classified under mystery, drama, and crime, explores the premise that almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances. As part of the ongoing narrative arc, the season presents legal mysteries and courtroom dramas centered on the defense
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Perry Mason is a master criminal defense attorney who handles challenging legal cases.
- The series explores the theme that almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances.
- The overarching saga is presented across twenty-eight episodes in this season.
- The program falls under the mystery, drama, and crime television genres.
Season overview
Perry Mason Season 4 continues the overarching saga across twenty-eight episodes, following the cases of the master criminal defense attorney. The television series, classified under mystery, drama, and crime, explores the premise that almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances. As part of the ongoing narrative arc, the season presents legal mysteries and courtroom dramas centered on the defense work of Perry Mason. The provided materials do not contain further specific plot details, episode titles, guest stars, or character names beyond the overarching description of the series provided by the source database.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
The Case of the Treacherous Toupee
Sep 17, 1960 · 52 min
Tyrannical company president Hartley Bassett returns home after being presumed dead for two years. His first act is to fire Peter Dawson which makes Dawson the prime suspect when B
The Case of the Credulous Quarry
Sep 24, 1960 · 51 min
Perry defends Richard Hammond who is charged with killing his former girlfriend by running over her with his car.
The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker
Oct 1, 1960 · 52 min
Jim Ferris is having an affair with his uncle's bored young wife. They concoct a scheme to finagle $80,000.00 from the uncle by faking a kidnapping. Things go horribly wrong when s
The Case of the Singular Double
Oct 8, 1960 · 52 min
Perry is accused of obstructing justice in this case when he defends a woman who had previously faked her own suicide by running her empty car off a cliff. It seems as though the p
The Case of the Lavender Lipstick
Oct 15, 1960 · 52 min
An heiress to a cosmetics company is charged with the murder of the company's owner.
The Case of the Wandering Widow
Oct 22, 1960 · 52 min
When a man accused of a murder is freed from prison upon newly discovered eyewitness testimony, it starts a chain reaction of blackmail and murder.
The Case of the Clumsy Clown
Nov 5, 1960 · 52 min
A circus clown is charged with the murder of its part owner when a gun is slipped to him during a gun act.
The Case Of The Provocative Protégé
Nov 12, 1960 · 52 min
Washed up pianist David Carpenter is knocked out and pushed over a cliff for insurance money. Carpenter's beautiful protege, Donna Ross, immediately comes under suspicion by the po
The Case of the Nine Dolls
Nov 19, 1960 · 52 min
Perry's fishing trip to Scotland is interrupted by seven year old Peggy Smith. Peggy is living at a boarding school and searching for her identity since she has no idea who her rea
The Case of the Loquacious Liar
Dec 3, 1960 · 52 min
Lester Martin's life takes a horrible turn for the worse when a man breaks into his apartment, forces him at gun-point to drink half a bottle of Scotch, and then drives him into th
The Case of the Red Riding Boots
Dec 10, 1960 · 52 min
Ann Farwell is miserable over the separation of her parents. Things aren't made any better when her father starts seeing Rita Conover, a scheming woman half his age. When Rita turn
The Case of the Larcenous Lady
Dec 17, 1960 · 52 min
A suburban town mayor's secretary is accused of murdering the mayor's wife, who was engaging in blackmail to further her husband's career.
The Case of the Envious Editor
Jan 7, 1961 · 52 min
Slimy publishing tycoon Donald Fletcher buys controlling interest in a respectable but financially troubled publishing house. Fletcher turns things upside down by turning the publi
The Case of the Resolute Reformer
Jan 14, 1961 · 52 min
Perry represents a citizen's group in hearings on a proposed aqueduct to be named after county engineer William Harper Caine. Perry gets a stop work order until a section of the pr
The Case of the Fickle Fortune
Jan 21, 1961 · 52 min
Ralph Duncan is a civil servant whose job is to inventory the estates of wealthy decedants. One day, he returns home with $153,000.00 worth of old greenbacks he discovered while go
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf
Feb 4, 1961 · 52 min
Womanizing playboy Loring Lamont has his sights set on Arlene Ferris, his father's shapely secretary. He lures her to his beachfront bachelor pad with seduction on his mind. Arlene
The Case of the Wintry Wife
Feb 18, 1961 · 52 min
Inventor Walter Randall wants a divorce from his cold-blooded wife Laura in order to be with Phyllis Hudson. Laura decides to get back at Walter by blackmailing one of his assistan
The Case of the Angry Dead Man
Feb 25, 1961 · 52 min
Willard Nesbitt faked his drowning death in a boating accident so his wife could collect the double indemnity life insurance money. Nesbitt thought he had only a short time to live
The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff
Mar 11, 1961 · 52 min
Crooked jewelry store owner Karl Addison learns that he needs an operation which will temporarily blind him. Addison makes plans to rob his own store knowing that his sightlessness
The Case of the Barefaced Witness
Mar 18, 1961 · 52 min
The setting in this episode is a small California town where because of a festival all men must wear beards. Paul Drake travels there to try to locate missing money which a former
The Case of the Difficult Detour
Mar 25, 1961 · 52 min
Contactor Pete Mallory is charged with the murder of a vacation resort developer.
The Case of the Cowardly Lion
Apr 8, 1961 · 52 min
Hilde Fursten and Tony Osgood work at the San Diego Zoo. When a new baby monkey is found missing, Hilde Fursten is blamed by Dr. Walther Braun, a visiting dentist. Boris Zelbowsk
The Case of the Torid Tapestry
Apr 22, 1961 · 52 min
Hard luck Claude Demay was sent up for six years in prison for starting a fire in a warehouse containing the valuable Nathan Claver art collection. After his release, Demay devises
The Case of the Violent Vest
Apr 29, 1961 · 52 min
Advertising executive Herman Albright is in the wrong place at the wrong time wearing the wrong clothes. These mistakes cost poor Herman his life in a case of mistaken identity. Pe
The Case of the Misguided Missile
May 6, 1961 · 52 min
Jerry Reynolds, an old war buddy of Perry's, is accused of killing an officer at Vandenburg Air Force Base during the investigation into some mysterious missile crashes.
The Case of the Duplicate Daughter
May 20, 1961 · 52 min
A mixed up mess awaits Perry as he struggles to put all the pieces together. Blackmail, murder, a boyfriend who spent the night, all add up to one great case.
The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather
May 27, 1961 · 51 min
A young man has his head turned by, whatelse, a woman. In his haste to protect her, and her good name, the source of her pain turns up dead.
The Case of the Guilty Clients
Jun 10, 1961 · 52 min
Lola and Jeff Bronson are going through a divorce and can't wait to be rid of each other until Bill Ryder sabotages Jeff's business and makes a play for Lola. Ryder is then found d