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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 4 - The Case of the Deadly Verdict
    9.0/10(531 votes)

    S7:E4

    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:Unknown

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  2. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 1 - The Case of the Nebulous Nephew
    8.9/10(477 votes)

    S7:E1

    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:Unknown

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  3. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 18 - The Case of the Nervous Neighbor
    8.6/10(328 votes)

    S7:E18

    Mason's client: an amnesia victim on trial for the murder of her husband.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  4. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 26 - The Case of the Antic Angel
    8.5/10(309 votes)

    S7:E26

    A recovering alcoholic takes to the bottle after he sees his wife, who's supposedly been dead for five years. Then she turns up dead for real and he's arrested for her murder.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  5. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 6 - The Case of the Reluctant Model
    8.4/10(318 votes)

    S7:E6

    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:Unknown

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  6. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 14 - The Case of the Accosted Accountant
    8.4/10(336 votes)

    S7:E14

    Edward Lewis's increasingly bitter arguments with his father-in-law make him the suspect when the old goat is murdered.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writers:Samuel Newman, Albert A. Vail

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  7. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 7 - The Case of the Bigamous Spouse
    8.3/10(363 votes)

    S7:E7

    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:Unknown

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  8. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 9 - The Case of the Festive Felon
    8.3/10(377 votes)

    S7:E9

    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:Unknown

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  9. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 15 - The Case of the Capering Camera
    8.3/10(366 votes)

    S7:E15

    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:Unknown

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  10. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 13 - The Case of the Wednesday Woman
    8.2/10(340 votes)

    S7:E13

    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:Unknown

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  11. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 5 - The Case of the Decadent Dean
    8.1/10(312 votes)

    S7:E5

    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
    Writers:Samuel Newman, Joseph P. Lamont

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  12. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 16 - The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands
    8.1/10(342 votes)

    S7:E16

    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:Unknown

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  13. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 17 - The Case of the Bountiful Beauty
    8.1/10(364 votes)

    S7:E17

    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

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  14. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 22 - The Case of the Garrulous Go-Between
    8.1/10(333 votes)

    S7:E22

    A woman goes on trial for murder when a fortuneteller's deadly prediction becomes a reality.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Philip Saltzman

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  15. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 20 - The Case of the Frightened Fisherman
    8.0/10(334 votes)

    S7:E20

    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

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  16. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 24 - The Case of the Simple Simon
    8.0/10(368 votes)

    S7:E24

    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

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  17. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 2 - The Case of the Shifty Shoebox
    7.9/10(389 votes)

    S7:E2

    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:Unknown

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  18. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 3 - The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito
    7.9/10(344 votes)

    S7:E3

    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:Unknown

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  19. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 11 - The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang
    7.9/10(337 votes)

    S7:E11

    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:Unknown

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  20. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 28 - The Case of the Drifting Dropout
    7.9/10(312 votes)

    S7:E28

    Small town junk dealer/mayoral candidate Mort Lynch gives college dropout Barry Davis a job because he was once close friend's with Barry's uncle. Barry and Mort's relationship is uneasy and he's soon the number one suspect when someone bashes Mort's skull with a monkey wrench and it's found in Barry's car.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Jackson Gillis

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  21. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 30 - The Case of the Ugly Duckling
    7.9/10(349 votes)

    S7:E30

    The deceased father of Alice Trilling left behind a strange will. His successful toy company would be left to her ONLY if Alice is married or engaged within a year's time. Until then, her wheelchair bound Uncle Harry and a board of directors will run the company. In searching for a husband, Alice has one major problem: she's coyote ugly and she's the first one to admit it. An artist begins a flirtation and after seeing a portrait he's painted of her, Alice begins to think she could find happiness with him. There's one problem though: nasty old Uncle Harry has been playing matchmaker behind the scenes for reasons of his own. Alice discovers her uncle's perfidity and pushes over his wheelchair. Quickly fleeing the scene, Alice is later arrested when Uncle Harry is found dead. Perry is retained as defense counsel but even he has a tough time in this one because Alice herself thinks she's guilty.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Richard H. Landau

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  22. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 12 - The Case of the Badgered Brother
    7.8/10(339 votes)

    S7:E12

    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:Unknown

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  23. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 21 - The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist
    7.8/10(351 votes)

    S7:E21

    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

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  24. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 23 - The Case of the Woeful Widower
    7.8/10(321 votes)

    S7:E23

    Certain that her employer is plotting to murder his wife, housekeeper Nellie Conway launches a counterattack.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 25 - The Case of the Illicit Illusion
    7.8/10(310 votes)

    S7:E25

    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

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"The Case of the Deadly Verdict" is the best rated episode of "Perry Mason" season 7. It scored 9/10 based on 531 votes. Directed by Jesse Hibbs and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/17/1963. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Case of the Nebulous Nephew".