The BEST episodes of Perry Mason season 8
Every episode of Perry Mason season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Perry Mason season 8!
There are few actors so closely tied to a persona than Raymond Burr as Perry Mason. This long-running series was built upon Erle Stanley Gardner´s many novels about a brilliant defense lawyer and his staff, that solved many a crime with surprise witnesses and stern cross-examinations.It was the first mystery series to feature chalk or tape outlines to mark the spots where bodies were found. Filmed almost exclusively in the Los Angeles area, Raymond Burr had Gardner's seal of approval in the role. The cases were usually won by way of pivotal confessions of witnesses, solicited by Perry Mason (Burr's) surgeon-like examination or with last-minute, key evidence brought into the courtroom by private investigator, Paul Drake (William Hopper). Della Street (Barbara Hale), Perry´s faithful secretary, was always at Perry's side in the courtroom where hapless Hamilton Burger (William Tallman) was the Los Angeles District Attorney who never seemed to win. As to the myth that Perry Mason never lost, there were 2 episodes where it did occur... but you'll have to watch to find out.The show was revived in 1973-74, with other actors in the familiar roles (Monte Markham as Mason), and then again with the some of the original cast, in a string of feature length TV films from 1985 until Raymond Burr´s death in 1993.
#1 - The Case of the Duplicate Case
Season 8 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/22/1965
An unsuccessful salesman has a lot of explaining to do when he throws down his sample case in disgust--- and large sums of money fall out.
#2 - The Case of the Tragic Trophy
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1964
Investigating the ""other woman"" in a betrothed man's life, Mason finds himself neck-deep in a murder mystery.
#3 - The Case of the Feather Cloak
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1965
In Hawaii to handle an investigation for a hotel chain, Mason and Drake uncover a murder.
#4 - The Case of the Mischievous Doll
Season 8 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/13/1965
Dorrie Ambler breaks into Perry's office so he can verify who she is. She won't give details but says she is mixed up in some scheme. Della spots a gun in her purse. When the man who hired her is killed, she is charged. But, who is she?
#5 - The Case of the Murderous Mermaid
Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/18/1965
Reggie Lansfield is an aspiring actress Paul meets. She is game for stunts that will get her recognized so she is game to fill in for a famous woman swimmer who is too ill to swim. The stunt blows up with the woman killed and her charged.
#6 - The Case of the Betrayed Bride
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1964
A recently widowed women becomes tangled in a web of suspicion when she hastily remarries.
#7 - The Case of the Wooden Nickels
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1964
Drake gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to act as courier in the sale of a rare Confederate coin.
#8 - The Case of the Wrongful Writ
Season 8 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/6/1965
Ward Toyama is approached by a man claiming to be a government agent asking Ward to use his father's export business to help in a secret project. Ward comes to find the man is a first mate on a ship. When he is murdered, Ward is charged.
#9 - The Case of a Place Called Midnight
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1964
In an offbeat case, Mason becomes involved in international intrigue wheh he travels to Switzerland to meet a friend's future daughter-in-law.
#10 - The Case of the Latent Lover
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1964
An investment broker tops off a series of peculiar actions by commandeering a taxi to rob a bank.
#11 - The Case of the Lover's Gamble
Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1965
A woman turns to Mason when she becomes convinced that her boss is planning to murder his invalid wife.
#12 - The Case of the Telltale Tap
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1965
Balancing private investigation with legal gymnastics, Mason tries to iron out a case of embezzlement and murder.
#13 - The Case of the Grinning Gorilla
Season 8 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/29/1965
Perry helps Josephine Kempton after Della buys the diary of a girl who committed suicide. Her ex-boss has been telling people she is a thief so she sued. Perry has to rescue her from a gorilla trapping her with her dead boss.
#14 - The Case of the Deadly Debt
Season 8 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/1/1965
Danny Talbert, a LA cop, resigns when a mobster he is investigating contacts his family after Danny's dad dies. Danny's brother, Carl, works in his club and has been in trouble before. Danny is seen by Perry leaving the dead man's cabin.
#15 - The Case of the Gambling Lady
Season 8 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/8/1965
Peter Warren owns a novelty company and is divorcing his wife, who has developed a gambling habit. She becomes involved in a scheme to pass chips at Nevada casinos with evidence Peter made them. When she is murdered, Peter is charged.
#16 - The Case of the Ruinous Road
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/1964
The foundations of a large company are shaken when the chief engineer uncovers evidence of budget tampering.
#17 - The Case of the Sad Sicilian
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/11/1965
Italian Paulo Porro is traveling the US and getting around by visiting Italian families. Young, charismatic and apparently naive, he visits the Bacio family in LA, stating is a friend of the family from Italy. His visit seems divide the family, eventually stirring a family feud. The elder Bacio is found dead one night in the families workshop and our young Paulo seems the likely suspect.
#18 - The Case of the Reckless Rockhound
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1964
Reba Burgess's control of her late husband's mining company is threatened when a man turns up with a partnership agreement -signed by Burgess before he died.
#19 - The Case of the Fatal Fetish
Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/4/1965
Burger tries to head off trouble when his young assistant falls for an unscrupulous woman.
#20 - The Case of the Careless Kitten
Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/25/1965
A frustrated Helen Kendall is living with her Aunt Matilda. She receives a call one night from a man claiming to be Matilda's husband, who has been missing for 10 years. Perry goes with her to meet him but they find another man - dead.
#21 - The Case of the Golden Venom
Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1965
A woman hires Mason to nullify a clause in her late husband's will that disinherits her if she reopens the investigation of her son's death.
#22 - The Case of the Nautical Knot
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1964
Mason is summoned when Harvey Scott's efforts to retain temporary control of the family mining company lead to murder.
#23 - The Case of the Blonde Bonanza
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1964
A model fails to read the fine print when she signs a curious contract paying her $200 a week to gain weight for an assignment.
#24 - The Case of the Bullied Bowler
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1964
Attorney Joe Kelly agress to represent Bill Jarvis, whose mother-in-law is trying to have his bowling alley shut down.
#25 - The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1965
Uninterested in her recently inherited fortune, an aspring singer is easy prey for a sinister agent.