
Defense attorney Perry Mason defends dozens of falsely accused people over the course of this long-running courtroom drama, and he manages to clear each and every one of them, usually by drawing out the real criminal on the witness stand. He is capably assisted by investigator Paul Drake and secretary Della Street, and is a continual thorn in the side of District Attorney Hamilton Burger.

A man who staged his death so his wife could collect insurance returns to save her from a swindler, then is actually killed.

A Chinese-American girl (Irene Tsu) hires Perry to find a collection of diamonds stolen from her grandfather's Hong Kong home.

A woman, fighting for her mother's rightful inheritance, is charged with murder; guests Sherry Jackson, Kathie Brown.

A young man from a prominent family gets involved in blackmail and ultimately in murder; guest Otto Kruger.