Description: Perry Mason is an American fictional character, a criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner.
The character of Perry Mason was adapted for motion pictures and a long-running radio series.
Warner Bros. released a series of six Perry Mason films in the 1930s.
These were followed by the well-known adaptation, the CBS television series Perry Mason (1957–1966) starring Raymond Burr.
A second television series, The New Perry Mason starring
Monte Markham, ran from 1973 to 1974.
Thirty Perry Mason television films ran from 1985 to 1995, with Burr reprising the role of Mason in 26 of them prior to his death in 1993.
Four additional contracted movies were completed, featuring
Barbara Hale as Della Street. The defense attorneys were played by Paul Sorvino (once) and Hal Holbrook (in the final three).
A third television miniseries, HBO’s Perry Mason starring Matthew Rhys started airing in 2020.
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The Case of the Howling Dog
( 1934 )
An agitated and desperate man spares no expense in insisting that Mason represent him against a neighbor's howling dog and act as executor of his will.
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The Case of the Curious Bride
( 1935 )
Perry interrupts his vacation plans when an ex-girlfriend, now newly married, asks him to help her with murder and bigamy charges.
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The Case of the Lucky Legs
( 1935 )
A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.
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The Case of the Velvet Claws
( 1936 )
Perry marries Della but a beautiful woman interrupts their honeymoon night and demands Perry take her case at gunpoint.
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The Case of the Black Cat
( 1936 )
A bedridden eccentric millionaire, anticipating his own murder, hires Mason to help him rewrite his will, and the lawyer ends up defending the caretaker's cat.
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
( 1937 )
An improbable stuttering bishop from Australia asks for Perry Mason's help in proving the identity of the legitimate heir to a millionaire.
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Perry Mason
( 1957 )
Perry Mason is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, he often finds that by digging deeply into the facts, startling facts can be revealed. Often relying on his outstanding courtroom skills, he often tricks or traps people into unwittingly admitting their guilt.
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The New Perry Mason
( 1973 )
The New Perry Mason is a revival of the long-running hit television series about Erle Stanley Gardner's brilliant defense attorney. (This short-lived series is not to be confused with the long-running series of TV movies which starred Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale from the original series).
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Perry Mason Returns
( 1985 )
When his former secretary Della Street is accused of murder, Perry Mason gives up a judgeship to defend her.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
( 1986 )
An actor rigs a fake on-air shooting with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes horribly wrong when the gun, which he'd loaded with blanks, turns out to contain a live round.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
( 1987 )
An old flame of Mason's is up for a government position. A man tries to blackmail her, telling her husband her secret will prevent her appointment. When the husband approaches him, he finds he is dead and gets himself charged with murder.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
( 1987 )
Horror writer David Hall reserves a hotel and invites his "friends" for the weekend. Each wants to sue him for some reason. Perry's friend Jordan is one of the guests. He is seen in the hotel's high tower when David is thrown to his death.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
( 1987 )
Della meets with an old friend, a man she babysat in bygone days. He wants her to meet his new wife, Suzanne. But Suzanne has schemed with a bank exec to record the conspiracy of three of his colleagues in their plan to defraud the bank.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
( 1987 )
The editor of a tabloid fires his dynamic writer for working on a serious story he said no to. The editor has "dirt" on an Army General, his banker, and other "clients," all of whom make little-concealed verbal threats to him at a party.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
( 1988 )
LtCol. Parks was convicted for the murder of a woman and Perry works on his second appeal. Perry finds a new witness who is murdered to derail the appeal. The main victim was employed by a real estate company doing business with the base.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
( 1988 )
A tennis player is accused to having killed his wife, a rich heiress. The facts are against him as he was seen in the arms of his former girlfriend in the night before the murder. This is a case for Perry Mason.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
( 1989 )
Ken Malansky is a student taught by Perry. Ken hears his girlfriend was assaulted by another student so he confronts him but finds him dead, the weapon his own knife. Perry is slow to take the case as the victim is a close friend's son.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
( 1989 )
Thatcher Horton is owner of a Denver sports arena and a couple of sports teams. Bobby Spencer a friend of Ken was one of his hockey players. It seems that Horton verbally promised him that he would take care of him if he gets injured, which happened. Now it seems that Horton is reneging and he has asked Ken to represent him in his suit against Horton. Bobby threatened...Read all
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
( 1991 )
A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the murderer in this case Perry Mason intents to find the killer...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
( 1991 )
David Katz is a world famous magician who comes to Denver with his troupe to perform in a charity benefitting disabled children. Also there are Perry and Della, as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant attitude, tells David that she is, from now on, going to be the star of an illusion in which an assistant is raised in a gla...Read all
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
( 1991 )
An editor of a fashion magazine writes a column that destroys careers. She is also a brutal employer. An editor of a rival magazine visits, asking she not be the next victim. The first is found dead and the rival is charged with murder.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
( 1992 )
A painter fakes his death, in order to gain some additional money, because his works would revaluate with his death. But, unfortunately, he is killed a few hours after having "returned to life".
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
( 1992 )
Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But before the end of the ceremony, the uncle of the groom is found dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
( 1992 )
Sleazy talk show host Ted Mayne has a tell-all book that enrages prominent women. One, actress Roxanne Shield, makes a televised death threat. Ted is murdered and she is charged. Witnesses say they saw her outside his apartment that night.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
( 1993 )
Alana, a maverick owner of a cosmetics company, reveals she's 60. She's kept her age a secret and credits the cream for her youthful appearance. She's murdered and the formula is missing. Her husband is arrested and Perry defends him.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
( 1993 )
Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enrages the rest of the talk show hosts on the station by informing them of changes that he i...Read all
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
( 1993 )
On the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by co-star Mark Stratton. When she says that she'll 'kill him before she leaves the show', she makes herself the prime suspect when Stratton is murdered by someone poisoning him. As an old friend, Perry Mason comes to the help of Kris and agrees to defend her. Meanwhile Ke...Read all
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A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives
( 1993 )
Anthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's married to famed photographer David Morrison, who wants to shoot a photo featuring his former models. The tricky thing is that all of his former models are also his former wives. But Dee knows Anthony can convince them to do it which he does. And David shoots them. Late...Read all
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A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
( 1994 )
Bill McKenzie is a retired lawyer who prefers to spend time working on his ranch. But he occasionally takes on a case wherein the defendant is wrongfully convicted or falsely accused, and he's a friend of Perry Mason. Mason asks him to fill in for him at some thing wherein he is suppose to give a speech. At the thing are some important people including a chess master ...Read all
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A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
( 1995 )
Bill McKenzie's niece works as a production assistant for controversial television personality Josie Joplin, who publicly accuses her of having an affair with her husband. One night McKenzie's niece receives a message which she believes is from Josie to go to her hotel room, when she gets there someone knocks her out and when she wakes up, Josie is dead and she's the ...Read all
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TV Show:
Perry Mason
( 2020 )
1932, Los Angeles. While the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong! Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, this limited series follows the origins of American Fiction's most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason's relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.
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