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The Best Episodes of Perry Mason Season 8

Every episode of Perry Mason Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Perry Mason Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 1 - The Case of the Missing Button
    7.7/10(343 votes)

    #1 - The Case of the Missing Button

    S8:E1

    A man's campaign to prove his estranged wife an unfit mother is interrupted when he's arrested for murder.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Jonathan Latimer

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  2. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 2 - The Case of the Paper Bullets
    7.8/10(301 votes)

    #2 - The Case of the Paper Bullets

    S8:E2

    Mason is caught in the middle when a romance develops between two members of rival political families.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Jonathan Latimer

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  3. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 3 - The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor
    6.9/10(331 votes)

    #3 - The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor

    S8:E3

    Mona Harvey is the principal stockholder in a publishing company run by her uncle, Everett, and the wife of an eccentric sculptor named Hannibal Harvey who is being blackmailed. Unable to get at any money due to Mona's absence, Hannibal has ditzy model Bonnie Dunbar write a blackmail note to Mona's uncle. Everett gets the money out of petty cash and sends it to Bonnie. In the meantime, Mona returns, finds Bonnie's blackmail note, and decides to pay the model a visit. So does Hannibal. Without seeing each other, husband and wife both discover Bonnie's dead body. Mona gets arrested for the murder but she fears that Hannibal might be the real killer.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Philip Saltzman

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  4. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 4 - The Case of the Sleepy Slayer
    8.3/10(307 votes)

    #4 - The Case of the Sleepy Slayer

    S8:E4

    Abner Gordon threatens to press charges if his niece doesn't replace the money she lifted from his safe.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Samuel Newman

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  5. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 5 - The Case of the Betrayed Bride
    7.3/10(319 votes)

    #5 - The Case of the Betrayed Bride

    S8:E5

    A recently widowed women becomes tangled in a web of suspicion when she hastily remarries.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:John Elliotte

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  6. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 6 - The Case of the Nautical Knot
    8.1/10(298 votes)

    #6 - The Case of the Nautical Knot

    S8:E6

    Mason is summoned when Harvey Scott's efforts to retain temporary control of the family mining company lead to murder.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Robert Leslie Bellem

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  7. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 7 - The Case of the Bullied Bowler
    8.0/10(372 votes)

    #7 - The Case of the Bullied Bowler

    S8:E7

    Attorney Joe Kelly agrees to represent Bill Jarvis, whose mother-in-law is trying to have his bowling alley shut down.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Samuel Newman

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  8. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 8 - The Case of a Place Called Midnight
    7.5/10(301 votes)

    #8 - The Case of a Place Called Midnight

    S8:E8

    In an offbeat case, Mason becomes involved in international intrigue wheh he travels to Switzerland to meet a friend's future daughter-in-law.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Jackson Gillis

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  9. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 9 - The Case of the Tragic Trophy
    8.0/10(293 votes)

    #9 - The Case of the Tragic Trophy

    S8:E9

    Investigating the "other woman" in a betrothed man's life, Mason finds himself neck-deep in a murder mystery.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Mann Rubin

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  10. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 10 - The Case of the Reckless Rockhound
    8.4/10(308 votes)

    #10 - The Case of the Reckless Rockhound

    S8:E10

    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.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Robb White

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  11. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 11 - The Case of the Latent Lover
    8.2/10(284 votes)

    #11 - The Case of the Latent Lover

    S8:E11

    An investment broker tops off a series of peculiar actions by commandeering a taxi to rob a bank.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Samuel Newman

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  12. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 12 - The Case of the Wooden Nickels
    8.3/10(300 votes)

    #12 - The Case of the Wooden Nickels

    S8:E12

    Drake gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to act as courier in the sale of a rare Confederate coin.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Jonathan Latimer

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  13. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 13 - The Case of the Blonde Bonanza
    8.2/10(312 votes)

    #13 - The Case of the Blonde Bonanza

    S8:E13

    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.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 14 - The Case of the Ruinous Road
    8.7/10(304 votes)

    #14 - The Case of the Ruinous Road

    S8:E14

    The foundations of a large company are shaken when the chief engineer uncovers evidence of budget tampering.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writers:Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell

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  15. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 15 - The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer
    7.0/10(280 votes)

    #15 - The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer

    S8:E15

    Uninterested in her recently inherited fortune, an aspring singer is easy prey for a sinister agent.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:John Elliotte

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  16. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 16 - The Case of the Thermal Thief
    7.5/10(317 votes)

    #16 - The Case of the Thermal Thief

    S8:E16

    Attorney Ken Kramer comes to the aid of an alleged thief accused of stealing a $50,000 necklace.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  17. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 17 - The Case of the Golden Venom
    7.9/10(280 votes)

    #17 - The Case of the Golden Venom

    S8:E17

    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.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 18 - The Case of the Tell-Tale Tap
    8.3/10(315 votes)

    #18 - The Case of the Tell-Tale Tap

    S8:E18

    Balancing private investigation with legal gymnastics, Mason tries to iron out a case of embezzlement and murder.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Samuel Newman

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  19. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 19 - The Case of the Feather Cloak
    7.7/10(279 votes)

    #19 - The Case of the Feather Cloak

    S8:E19

    In Hawaii to handle an investigation for a hotel chain, Mason and Drake uncover a murder.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Jonathan Latimer

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  20. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 20 - The Case of the Lover's Gamble
    8.4/10(303 votes)

    #20 - The Case of the Lover's Gamble

    S8:E20

    A woman turns to Mason when she becomes convinced that her boss is planning to murder his invalid wife.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Jackson Gillis

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  21. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 21 - The Case of the Fatal Fetish
    7.6/10(326 votes)

    #21 - The Case of the Fatal Fetish

    S8:E21

    Burger tries to head off trouble when his young assistant falls for an unscrupulous woman.

    Director:Charles R. Rondeau
    Writer:Samuel Newman

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  22. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 22 - The Case of the Sad Sicilian
    6.7/10(323 votes)

    #22 - The Case of the Sad Sicilian

    S8:E22

    Paulo Porro is a charming young man from Sicily with a clever scam for ingratiating himself with Italian-American families. But when he tries his charms on Enrico Bacio, Paulo runs into a problem. It seems as though there was bad blood between the Porro and Bacio clans back in Sicily. Bacio even believes that Paolo has come to kill him. When Bacio is later found with a file lodged in his neck, Paolo is blamed for the murder.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Milton Krims

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  23. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 23 - The Case of the Murderous Mermaid
    8.2/10(317 votes)

    #23 - The Case of the Murderous Mermaid

    S8:E23

    Former swimming champion Victoria Dawn is now overweight, out of shape, and the owner of a chain of failing health spas. Desperate to regain some of her former glory she hires young actress Regina "Reggie" Lambert to impersonate her in a swim across the Catalina Channel to Los Angeles.

    Director:Robert Sparr
    Writer:Mann Rubin

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  24. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 24 - The Case of the Careless Kitten
    8.2/10(310 votes)

    #24 - The Case of the Careless Kitten

    S8:E24

    Franklin Shore, supposedly dead for 10 years, telephones his niece, Helen, and gives her instructions on how to meet him. Then someone takes a shot at Helen's boyfriend and attempts to poison the "deceased's" wife, Matilda.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 25 - The Case of the Deadly Debt
    8.0/10(270 votes)

    #25 - The Case of the Deadly Debt

    S8:E25

    Police detective Danny Talbert's father dies from a heart attack caused by stress from the fact that he was into mobster Steve Radom for a $10,000 debt. Or so Danny believes. When Radom is killed with Danny's gun, Perry steps in to clear his name.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Case of the Missing Button" is the best rated episode of "Perry Mason" season 8. It scored 7.7/10 based on 343 votes. Directed by Richard Donner and written by Jonathan Latimer, it aired on 9/24/1964. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Case of the Paper Bullets".