8.9/10398 votes#1 - The Case of the Nebulous Nephew
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1963
Con artist John Brooks comes up with a new twist to convince Sophia and Ninevah Stone that he's the rightful heir to their fortune. Perry ends up reluctantly defending Brooks when he's charged with murder.
Director: Arthur Marks
Writer: N/A
7.9/10328 votes#2 - The Case of the Shifty Shoebox
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1963
John Flickenger pulls off a carefully planned robbery without a hitch—until his young nephew finds the gun used in the heist.
Director: Arthur Marks
Writer: N/A
7.8/10297 votes#3 - The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1963
This case has nothing to do with mosquitos but rather a hidden mine that could lead to a fortune. Plus murder.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: N/A
8.9/10462 votes#4 - The Case of the Deadly Verdict
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1963
Janice Barton is found guilty of the murder of her wealthy relative and sentenced to death. Can Perry find the evidence to clear her of the crime before the pellets in the gas chamber fall?
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: N/A
8.1/10258 votes#5 - The Case of the Decadent Dean
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1963
Perry has to defend the dean of a prep school on charges of murdering a teacher who had been stealing, embezzling, and blackmailing.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Samuel Newman, Joseph P. Lamont
8.4/10268 votes#6 - The Case of the Reluctant Model
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1963
Crude but wealthy art connisseur Otto Olney throws a party to celebrate his purchasing a painting by famed artist Gauguin. Then a party guest, art expert Colin Durant, says that the painting is actually a fake. Olney then goes to Perry who decides to sue Durant for libel. Durant then claims he never said anything regarding the painting and the only witness, an art student named Maxine Lindsay, confirms his story. Perry then discovers the dead body of Austin Durant, fully clothed, in the shower of Maxine's apartment. Paul Drake then tracks down Maxine but the police are right behind him and they arrest her for murder. Guess who she hires to defend her?
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: N/A
8.3/10300 votes#7 - The Case of the Bigamous Spouse
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1963
Gwynn Elston's best friend, Nell Grimes, asks her to move in with her due to the fact that Nell's husband, Felton, is often out of town on business. Gwynn, who has a door-to-door sales job, is then astonished to see Felton's picture in someone else's house where he's known as Frank Gillette. Felton, who's really a nasty mother, tries to poison Gwynn, when she confronts him but she survives and runs to Perry for help. Then Felton is found shot to death and things go from awful to good grief for poor Gwynn--she gets arrested for the crime.
Director: Arthur Marks
Writer: N/A
7.5/10278 votes#8 - The Case of the Floating Stones
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1963
Julie Eng needs Perry's help when some precious stones her grandfather left her turn up missing.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
8.3/10312 votes#9 - The Case of the Festive Felon
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1963
Wealthy but dying Bebe Brent gives the bulk of her estate to her loyal nurse. Needless to say, this act angers the remainder of the Brent clan and leads to a murder.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
7.3/10265 votes#10 - The Case of the Devious Delinquent
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1963
Three teens cruise Hollywood Boulevard in a cool convertible lookin' for kicks! A liquor store goes down and the blackmail and plot twists begin. Lies and more lies and it's going from bad to worse for young Timmy Balfour who soon discovers that there's every bit as much delinquency from the adults when he's charged with murder.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: N/A
7.9/10290 votes#11 - The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1963
Grover Johnson manages somehow to talk his much younger bride Eula into living with him on a barren spread of ranch land. Needless to say, Eula hates it and can't wait to sell the property. Along comes wealthy Texas Nelson Barcliff who's ready, willing, and able to purchase the property. But is this big Texan really who he appears to be? Or is it just an elaborate real estate swindle cooked up by Eula? Either way, both Eula and Barcliff end up dead and Grover finds himself charged with Eula's murder.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: N/A
7.8/10285 votes#12 - The Case of the Badgered Brother
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1963
Brothers Martin and Todd Baylor are feuding over ownership of a successful chain of clothing stores. Martin ends up with a knife sticking out of his back one night and Todd is charged with the murder.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
8.1/10290 votes#13 - The Case of the Wednesday Woman
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1964
A wife's ears perk up when an insurance investigator informs her that he has proof that her husband was wrongfully convicted of the crime for which he is imprisoned. Then the insurance investigator turns up dead. Goings on in an elevator highlight this episode.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: N/A
8.4/10285 votes#14 - The Case of the Accosted Accountant
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1964
Edward Lewis's increasingly bitter arguments with his father-in-law make him the suspect when the old goat is murdered.
Director: Arthur Marks
Writer: Samuel Newman, Albert A. Vail
8.2/10306 votes#15 - The Case of the Capering Camera
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1964
Mystery clouds Mason's search for the murderer of a photographer who was shot while a model pointed a loaded gun at him but didn't pull the trigger.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: N/A
8.1/10287 votes#16 - The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1964
Sweet but ditzy Nancy Banks wants Perry to cash a bundle of winning racing tickets for her. There's only one problem: her former employer claims the racing tickets as his own. Nancy then gets in even deeper feces when she's charged with her ex-employer's murder.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: N/A
8.1/10303 votes#17 - The Case of the Bountiful Beauty
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1964
20-year-old Deborah Dearborn has just written a best selling novel about a cold and calculating woman who bears a strong resemblance to her boyfriend's stepmother. Now Deborah is living at a beach house in Malibu and in the process of selling the rights to her book to a movie producer. Then the stepmother, Stephanie Carew, appears on the scene threatening to sue for libel. When Stephanie's dead body is found floating in a swimming pool, Deborah is charged with the crime.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: Robb White
8.6/10282 votes#18 - The Case of the Nervous Neighbor
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1964
Mason's client: an amnesia victim on trial for the murder of her husband.
Director: Arthur Marks
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
7.4/10307 votes#19 - The Case of the Fifty-Millionth Frenchman
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1964
A Frenchman is giving money to an old lady love from his hometown, unaware that she's sharing the cash with her husband. When hubby turns up murdered guess who gets charged with the crime?
Director: Arthur Marks
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
8.0/10287 votes#20 - The Case of the Frightened Fisherman
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1964
Chemist Randolph James has started a successful company to develop a new antibiotic but his former boss, Hudson Bradshaw, files suit claiming that James developed the formula while in his employ. James' wife, Natalie, then begins selling her stock to Bradshaw which would give him control of the new company. James vows to stop his wife at any cost and she turns up dead. James claims that he was fishing at the time the murder occurred but things go from awful to good grief when he can't find the fellow fisherman who can substantiate his story.
Director: Arthur Marks
Writer: Jonathan Latimer
7.9/10305 votes#21 - The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 3/5/1964
A fire chief wants to bring a libel suit against a reporter who accuses him of burning down his own warehouse. Things get even worse for the chief when he's charged with murder.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: Samuel Newman
8.1/10286 votes#22 - The Case of the Garrulous Go-Between
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 3/12/1964
A woman goes on trial for murder when a fortuneteller's deadly prediction becomes a reality.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: Philip Saltzman
7.8/10274 votes#23 - The Case of the Woeful Widower
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 3/26/1964
Certain that her employer is plotting to murder his wife, housekeeper Nellie Conway launches a counterattack.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: N/A
8.0/10319 votes#24 - The Case of the Simple Simon
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 4/2/1964
Actress Ramona Carver is confronted by a young man who claims to be the son she gave up for adoption. Murder soon results.
Director: Arthur Marks
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
7.8/10262 votes#25 - The Case of the Illicit Illusion
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 4/9/1964
Mason is hired by a woman who is convinced, after a series of bizarre events, that she's crazy.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: Samuel Newman
The Best Episodes of Perry Mason Season 7
Every episode of Perry Mason Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Perry Mason Season 7!
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Genres:MysteryDramaCrime
Network:CBS
Season 7 Ratings Summary
"The Case of the Nebulous Nephew" is the best rated episode of "Perry Mason" season 7. It scored 8.9/10 based on 398 votes. Directed by Arthur Marks and written by N/A, it aired on 9/26/1963. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Case of the Shifty Shoebox".