Perry Mason

The Best Episodes of Perry Mason Season 8

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Network:CBS

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

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.
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  1. 8.6/10(283 votes)

    #1 - The Case of the Ruinous Road

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    S8:E14

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

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  2. 8.4/10(285 votes)

    #2 - The Case of the Reckless Rockhound

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    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.

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Robb White
  3. 8.3/10(285 votes)

    #3 - The Case of the Sleepy Slayer

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    S8:E4

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

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
  4. 8.3/10(279 votes)

    #4 - The Case of the Wooden Nickels

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    S8:E12

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

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  5. 8.3/10(293 votes)

    #5 - The Case of the Tell-Tale Tap

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    S8:E18

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

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  6. 8.3/10(284 votes)

    #6 - The Case of the Lover's Gamble

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    S8:E20

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

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  8. 8.3/10(292 votes)

    #7 - The Case of the Mischievous Doll

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    S8:E30

    Perry is paid a visit by a Dorrie Ambler who wants him to verify her identity. Shady private eye Phil Arthur has been paying her to frequent certain places around town and Dorrie thinks it's because she bears a strong resemblance to madcap heiress Minerva Minden. After some digging, Perry finds out that Minerva might have been involved in a hit-and-run accident and it appears as though Dorrie is being used to prove that.

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.2/10(292 votes)

    #8 - The Case of the Blonde Bonanza

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    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.

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    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.2/10(287 votes)

    #9 - The Case of the Murderous Mermaid

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    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.

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    Director:Robert Sparr
    Writer:Mann Rubin
  11. 8.2/10(282 votes)

    #10 - The Case of the Careless Kitten

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.2/10(277 votes)

    #11 - The Case of the Gambling Lady

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    S8:E26

    Pete Warren's estranged wife, Myrna, is killing time in Reno waiting for their divorce to go through. When Myrna gets involved in a counterfeit gambling chip scam, Pete makes the mistake of lying to protect her.

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  13. 8.2/10(268 votes)

    #12 - The Case of the Duplicate Case

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    S8:E27

    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.

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  14. 8.1/10(281 votes)

    #13 - The Case of the Nautical Knot

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    S8:E6

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

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  15. 8.1/10(263 votes)

    #14 - The Case of the Latent Lover

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    S8:E11

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

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
  16. 8.0/10(275 votes)

    #15 - The Case of the Tragic Trophy

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    S8:E9

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

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    Writer:Mann Rubin
  17. 7.9/10(348 votes)

    #16 - The Case of the Bullied Bowler

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    S8:E7

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

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
  18. 7.9/10(263 votes)

    #17 - The Case of the Golden Venom

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    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.

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.9/10(247 votes)

    #18 - The Case of the Deadly Debt

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    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.

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  20. 7.7/10(278 votes)

    #19 - The Case of the Paper Bullets

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    S8:E2

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

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  21. 7.7/10(266 votes)

    #20 - The Case of the Feather Cloak

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    S8:E19

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

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  22. 7.7/10(245 votes)

    #21 - The Case of the Wrongful Writ

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    S8:E29

    Lawyer Ward Toyama, a friend of Perry's, gets caught up in an illegal gunrunning operation and murder on the high seas after being contacted by a man claiming to be an intelligence agent. It's up to Perry to clear his friend's name when he's accused of murder.

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  23. 7.6/10(315 votes)

    #22 - The Case of the Missing Button

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    S8:E1

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

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  24. 7.6/10(304 votes)

    #23 - The Case of the Fatal Fetish

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    S8:E21

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

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  25. 7.6/10(281 votes)

    #24 - The Case of the Grinning Gorilla

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    S8:E28

    Della buys the diary of a drowned woman at an auction and after reading the entries becomes convinced that the woman's death was not a suicide as was ruled at the time. This leads Perry into a case involving an eccentric millionaire, his two scheming assistants, and a kleptomaniac gorilla.

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.5/10(282 votes)

    #25 - The Case of a Place Called Midnight

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    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.

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Case of the Ruinous Road" is the best rated episode of "Perry Mason" season 8. It scored 8.6/10 based on 283 votes. Directed by Jesse Hibbs and written by Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell, it aired on 12/31/1964. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Case of the Reckless Rockhound".