Perry Mason — Specials

Feb 19851h

Rich business man Mr Gordon has many enemies and a family that wouldn't miss him if he dropped dead. Someone hires a hitman to kill him and it is carried out in such a way to frame Gordon's secretary Della Street. When Della is accused of the murder, Perry mason resigns his position as judge to defend her and employs the son of his old colleague, Paul Drake, the act as private investigator on the case.

Feb 19861h

A sister is accused of killing a priest with whom she may have been romantically involved.

Nov 19861h

A comedian hatches a great joke: rig a fake killing live on TV. He takes a gun with blanks, and shoots his accomplice during a talk show. Happy that his joke has been successful, he walks away. His accomplice is really dead, however, and nearly a million viewers saw him pull the trigger.

Feb 19871h

An old flame of Mason's is one of those being considered to fill a vacated government position. Now, her husband's approached by a man who says he knows his wife's secret and that if this secret should ever get out, her appointment might not push through. So, he offers to sell the information he has to him. So, when he goes to him, he finds him dead, and he is arrested for the crime and placed on trial, and Perry's asked to defend him. And Perry also suspects that the dead was hired by one of his friend's friends to steal the evidence of her secret so that they could expose it and sabotage her appointment, and in all likelihood is the killer.

Feb 19871h

Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?...

Feb 19871h

Mason uncovers fraud while investigating the murder of a former madam.

Nov 19871h

Mason defends a newswoman charged with killing her boss, a sleazy tabloid publisher.

Feb 19881h

Mason defends an Air Force officer framed for murder.

Feb 19881h

Perry defends a man charged with murdering his heiress wife.

Feb 19891h

Murder comes between Mason and an old friend.

Apr 19891h

Perry has been in hospital for a knee operation but, while recovering, he sees Johnny out of the window. Johnny was a ex-stage manager for a musical called Polly in which while the star, film star, Amanda Cody, is scoring a big success, it's director Tony Franken is a right monster and after tearing through the cast and crew fires Johnny after Johnny stands up for himself. That night, Tony gets a phone call, goes down to the theatre and is shot. The police arrest Johnny and when Perry comes forward with the alibi Amanda begs Perry to represent Johnny. While Perry and Della investigate the murder, Ken and his fiancee Amy investigate the theatre's security guard Parker Newton, a huge man who got a very nasty temper but has the key to solving the murder...

Nov 19891h

A one-time hockey star is charged with icing a team owner.

Jan 19901h

The prime suspects in a writer's murder are the colleagues he plagiarized.

Feb 19901h

The shadow of the Holocaust falls across this story.

May 19901h

A former student of Mason's is suspected of killing his rock-star wife.

Feb 19901h

A 13-year-old tries to help Mason clear her father after he's framed for murder.

Jan 19911h

Mason is called on to defend a newswoman charged with killing a malicious anchorman.

Feb 19911h

Shady characters and a coverup impede Raymond Burr's defense of a wiseguy gone legit.

Feb 19911h

A backfired illusion and backstage intrigue summon Mason to a magician's defense.

Feb 19911h

Murder and intrigue involve Mason with haute couture and mobsters.

Mar 19921h

Mason brushes up against murder in the art world, where forgery primes murder.

May 19921h

The murder of a crass TV personality leads Mason to suspect some of the people he skewered in his kiss-and-tell-all memoirs.

Feb 19921h

A music star is charged with committing a murder at her own wedding.

Feb 19931h

Mason peels away intrigue surrounding the murder of a cosmetics queen.

Feb 19931h

On-air radio celebs become prime suspects in the slaying of their odious station owner.

Feb 19931h

In Raymond Burr's last film, soap-opera actors are implicated in murder.

Dec 19931h

A lawyer defends the widow of a photographer, killed during a shoot with his four top models--all ex-wives.

May 19941h

A lawyer defends a chess champ accused of poisoning a blackmailing TV host.

Nov 19941h

Hal Holbrook is "Wild Bill" McKenzie, a defense attorney probing a politician's murder that's tied to the earlier death of his rival.

Apr 19951h

Defending his niece in the murder of a contemptible sitcom star, "Wild Bill" McKenzie delves into the seamier side of show biz.

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Jul 20111h

The Case of the Howling Dog is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Alan Crosland. This was the first in a series of films in which William played Perry Mason. Arthur Cartwright, an anxious man, goes to Perry Mason to have his neighbor arrested for his vindictive and noisy dog. He is under the belief that his howling is an indication that somebody has been murdered in the neighborhood. He demands that his will be written bequeathing the estate to the lady living at the neighbor's house. However, the will is mysteriously altered by an unknown person and Cartwright goes missing, along with the lady. It is up to Mason to investigate. Adapted as an episode (#23) in season 2 of the Raymond Burr led series.

Jul 20111h

The Case of the Curious Bride is a 1935 mystery film, the second in a series starring Warren William as Perry Mason. The story is based on the book written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Rhoda Montaine learns that her first husband, Gregory Moxley, is still alive, which makes things awkward for her, since she has remarried Carl, the son of wealthy C. Phillip Montaine. She turns to Perry Mason for help, but when he goes to see Moxley, he finds only his corpse. Rhoda is arrested for murder. Adapted as an episode (#5) in season 2 of the Raymond Burr led series.