Perry Mason Specials The Case of the Notorious Nun

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.

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.

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.

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?...

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

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

Mason defends an Air Force officer framed for murder.

Perry defends a man charged with murdering his heiress wife.

Murder comes between Mason and an old friend.

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...

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

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

The shadow of the Holocaust falls across this story.

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

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

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

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

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

Murder and intrigue involve Mason with haute couture and mobsters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.