The Perry Mason Pages.
Episode Guide & Plot Synopsis.
1959-1960
Spurious Sister
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 70
Airdate: 10/03/59
Guests: Karl Weber; Mary La Roche; Marion Marshall; Marianne Stewart; Peggy Knudsen; James Seay; Charles Cooper; Robert Osterloh; John Launer; Charles Davis; Michael Fox; Nancy Evans; Sam Edwards; George E. Stone
Plot: Perry's latest mystery involves a dead wife suing for divorce, a sister act featuring a non sister, a husband and an ex-husband.
Watery Witness
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 71
Airdate: 10/10/59
Guests: Fay Wray; Douglas Dick; Malcolm Atterbury; Lester Vail; Dusty Anders; John Bryant; Kathryn Card; Charles J. Conrad; Ned Glass; Pat Moran; Paul B. Kennedy
Plot: A man is convinced a famous actress (Fay Wray) is his wife's mother and hires Perry to prove it.
Garrulous Gambler
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 72
Airdate: 10/17/59
Guests: Dick Foran; Paula Raymond; Steve Brodie; Wynn Pearce; Tony Travis; Victor Sen Yung; Anne Barton; Gordon Wynn; Morris Ankrum; Law Green; Irving Steinberg; Robert Nash
Plot: A man (Dick Foran) seeks Perry's help for his brother (Wynn Pierce), who has been forging checks to pay off gambling debts.
Blushing Pearls
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 73
Airdate: 10/24/59
Guests: Nobu McCarthy; Christine White; Benson Fong; George Takei; Steve Terrell; Angela Greene; Ralph Dumke; John Gallaudet; Joe De Reda; Rollin Moriyama; John Barclay; Bill Walker; Lia Waggner; Tom Wilde; Jack Carol; Martha Wentworth
Plot: A girl (Nobu McCarthy) is charged with stealing rose pearls, then with murder.
Startled Stallion
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 74
Airdate: 10/31/59
Guests: Paul Richards; Elliot Reid; Trevor Bardette; Patricia Hardy; Melora Conway; Richard Rust; Harry Tyler; Morris Ankrum; Arthur Hanson; John Harmon; Don Dillaway; Howard Hoffman; Holly Harris; Hal Hopper; Dick Keene; George E. Stone; Lee Miller
Plot: A wealthy, crippled old man takes a woman's prized racehorse as payment for her mortgage.
Paul Drake's Dilemma
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 75
Airdate: 11/14/59
Guests: Vanessa Brown; Basil Ruysdael; Bruce Gordon; Dean Harens; Simon Scott; Jennifer Howard; Sheila Bromley; Robert Lieb; Robert Cornthwaite; Kenneth MacDonald; Norman Leavitt; Ralph Moody; Robert Bice; James Callahan; William Hughes; George E. Stone; Ann Bellamy; Steve Stevens
Plot: Paul Drake becomes the defendant in a murder case and retains Perry.
Golden Fraud
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 76
Airdate: 11/21/59
Guests: Arthur Franz; Alan Hewitt; June Dayton; Neil Hamilton; Alex Gerry; Patricia Huston; Joyce Meadows; Asa Maynor; David Sheiner; S. John Launer; Thom Carney; Pitt Herbert; Frank Sully; George E. Stone
Plot: Perry gets caught between two rivals for an executive position in an investment firm.
Bartered Bikini
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 77
Airdate: 12/05/59
Guests: John Lupton; June Vincent; Rita Lynn; Terry Huntingdon; Paul Langton; Stephen Bekassy; John Anderson; Victor Rodman; Herbert Patterson; Richard Gaines; Maura McGivney; Robert Bice; William Idelson; Pitt Herbert; George E. Stone; Don Anderson
Plot: A model suspected of selling bathing-suit designs to her employer's competition becomes involved in murder.
Artful Dodger
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 78
Airdate: 12/12/59
Guests: William J. Campbell; Patricia Donahue; Lurene Tuttle; Jerome Cowan; Peter Leeds; Douglas Henderson; Nelson Leigh; Michael Fox; Vera Marshe; Ken Patterson; George E. Stone; Terry Loomis; Max Wagner; Cosmo Sardo
Plot: A woman (Lurene Tuttle) is accused of killing a nephew who neglected his financial obligations to her.
Lucky Legs
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 79
Airdate: 12/19/59
Guests: John Archer; Lisabeth Hush; Jeanne Cooper; Michael Miller; Doreen Lang; Douglas Evans; John Launer; Pitt Herbert; Ray Kellogg; Sid Tomack; Rennie McEvoy; Leo Needham; Arthur Marshall; Pat Moran
Plot: Perry searches for a glamorous movie star driven into hiding because of a worthless movie contract.
Violent Village
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 80
Airdate: 01/02/60
Guests: Barton MacLane; Ann Rutherford; Jacqueline Scott; Ray Hemphill; Bart Burns; Richard Hale; John Dennis; Terry Becker; Willis B. Bouchey; Ina Victor; Jason Johnson; Frank Hagney; Robert R. Stephenson; Cecil Weston
Plot: Man returns from prison; accused of murdering sherrif's daughter while Mason is on hunting trip.
Frantic Flyer
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 81
Airdate: 01/09/60
Guests: Patricia Barry; Simon Oakland; Rebecca Welles; James Bell; Virginia Vincent; Ed Kemmer; Wilton Graff; Richard Gaines; Jon Lormer; Joey Faye; George E. Stone; Barry Brooks
Plot: Perry defends a widow trying to re-establish her dead husband's reputation with his father.
Wayward Wife
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 82
Airdate: 01/23/60
Guests: Marshall Thompson; Bethel Leslie; Frank Maxwell; Madlyn Rhue; Alex Davion; Richard Shannon; I. Stanford Jolley; Kenneth R. MacDonald; Kathleen Mulqueen; Law Green; George E. Stone; Peter Hayman; Irving Steinberg; Craig Duncan
Plot: Perry's search for truth leads him on a hunt ranging from books to bookies.
Prudent Prosecutor
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 83
Airdate: 01/30/60
Guests: Philip Bourneuf; J. Pat O'Malley; Barbara Fuller; Ruta Lee; Walter Coy; Dabbs Greer; Dennis Patrick; Ron Foster; Frank Albertson; S. John Launer; Michael Fox; Edd Stoddard; John Alonzo; Paul B. Kennedy
Plot: Hamilton Burger disqualifies himself when Perry's client is his good friend.
Gallant Grafter
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 84
Airdate: 02/06/60
Guests: Charles Aidman; Fintan Meyler; Herbert Rudley; Virginia Arness; John Stephenson; Phillip Terry; Charlotte Austin; Nelson Leigh; Henry Hunter; Eve McVeagh; John Alvin; Joan Staley; George E. Stone
Plot: A scheme to control millions involves a wife's revenge and the theft of $112,000.
Wary Wildcatter
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 85
Airdate: 02/20/60
Guests: Douglas Kennedy; Barbara Bain; Byron Palmer; Lori March; King Calder; Harry Jackson; Richard Gaines; Larry Blake; Anthony De Mario; George E. Stone; Lee Miller
Plot: Perry seeks telescopic photographs as evidence in a murder case.
Mythical Monkeys
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 86
Airdate: 02/27/60
Guests: Beverly Garland; Lawrence Dobkin; Louise Fletcher; Lew Gallo; Joan Banks; Norman Fell; John Reach; Nelson Leigh; Bill Erwin; Bill Boyett; Frances Morris; Paul Lees; Ralph Brooks; George E. Stone
Plot: A secretary tells of a strange package, a ransacked apartment, a reporter and a corpse.
Singing Skirt
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 87
Airdate: 03/12/60
Guests: Joan O'Brien; Henry Lascoe; Allison Hayes; H. M. Wynant; Jeanne Moody; Fredd Wayne; Chris Warfield; Robert B. Williams; Richard Gaines; Stafford Repp; Byron Morrow; John Harmon; Michael Fox; Harry Fleer; Ken Walken; George E. Stone
Plot: Perry is surprised to learn the murder weapon in a current case was once his property.
Bashful Burro
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 88
Airdate: 03/26/60
Guests: Ray Stricklyn; Elisabeth Fraser; George Mitchell; Sue George; Ben Wright; Charles Bateman; Hugh Sanders; Wendell Holmes; John Pickard; Lewis Martin; Kay Kuter; Jack Orrison; Stephen Courtleigh; Mike Mason; Joan Elliott; Tony Michaels
Plot: Perry is accused of courtroom theatrics when he calls a miner's donkey to the stand.
Crying Cherub
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 89
Airdate: 04/09/60
Guests: Joe Maross; Tom Drake; Abraham Sofaer; Mala Powers; David Lewis; Kathryn Givney; Carmen Phillips; Thomas McBride; Richard Gaines; Isabel Randolph; Elvia Allman; Elizabeth Harrower; Lee Miller; Patrick Waltz; Jack Perrin; Mary Benoit; Helene Heigh; George E. Stone
Plot: Perry's case equally involves overly sweet portraits of infants and a Matisse masterpiece.
Nimble Nephew
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 90
Airdate: 04/23/60
Guests: Robert Gist; William H. Wright; Carl Benton Reid; Bert Convy; Crahan Denton; Linda Leighton; Myrna Fahey; S. John Launer; Joel Lawrence; Warren Frost; Michael Fox; Sam Flint; Ted Stanhope; George E. Stone
Plot: A man tests two nephews' honesty with acreage due to appreciate greatly.
Madcap Modiste
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 91
Airdate: 04/30/60
Guests: John Conte; Marie Windsor; Les Tremayne; Leslie Parrish; David White; Robert Ellenstein; Dorothy Neuman; Edward Mallory; Truman Bradley; Morris Ankrum; George E. Stone; Lee Miller; Anna Belle George; Pat Olson
Plot: A fashion magnate is poisoned on the eve of her spring showing.
Slandered Submarine
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 92
Airdate: 05/14/60
Guests: Hugh Marlowe; Robert F. Simon; Jack Ging; Mort Mills; Robert H. Harris; Edward Platt; Russ Conway; Robert Brubaker; Ann Robinson; Stephen Chase; William Tannen; Joseph Corey; Tom Palmer; Herb Vigran; Raoul DeLeon; Freeman Lusk; Richard Geary; Dean Casey
Plot: Perry turns down an electronics manufacturer suing the Navy and instead defends a sailor accused of killing his captain.
Ominous Outcast
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 93
Airdate: 05/21/60
Guests: Robert Emhardt; Jeremy Slate; Maggie Hayes; Denver Pyle; Walter Burke; Irene Tedrow; Claude Stroud; Henry Norell; Willis B. Bouchey; Jack Holland; David McMahon; Mary Eastman
Plot: An orphan goes to a California town to search for relatives and winds up accused of murder.
Irate Inventor
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 94
Airdate: 05/28/60
Guests: Tom Coley; Kasey Rogers; Ken Lynch; Manning Ross; Ce Ce Whitney; Doug Odney; Barry Cahill; Kenneth R. MacDonald; Gertrude Flynn; Arthur Peterson; George E. Stone
Plot: A device that may someday prevent midair collisions becomes a motive for murder.
Flighty Father
Season: 59/60
Episode#: 95
Airdate: 06/11/60
Guests: Anne Benton; Hayden Rorke; Francis X. Bushman; Henry Beckman; William Allyn; Berry Kroeger; Francis De Sales; Dan Riss; Grandon Rhodes; Tom Fadden; Arthur Hanson; Betty Farrington; Gail Bonney; Paul B. Kennedy; George E. Stone
Plot: An heiress (Anne Benton) with two men claiming to be her father turns to Perry for help.
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