
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 trusted employee's murder leads Perry into the world of industrial espionage.

A university professor is charged with the murder of a blackmailing songwriter; guest David Hedison.

The reluctant partner of a shady exploiter of glamour faces a murder charge when his associate is slain.

In a bizarre murder, a neighbor's "eyewitness" testimony seems to doom Perry's client; guests Richard Jaeckel, Patricia Crowley.