
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.

Murder results when a confidential tape of patient and psychiatrist is stolen and used for blackmail.

A retired general heading a local commission is charged with the murder of the community crime boss; guest Brian Donlevy.

A witness of a columnist's murder refuses to testify; guests Cloris Leachman, Gary Collins.

A TV producer is charged after an actor is shot during a staged gunfight; guests Erle Stanley Gardner, Dick Clark, Jackie Coogan.