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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 2 - The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece
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    #1 - The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece

    S1:E2

    Peter Cole is caught one night sleepwalking with a letter opener and standing over his wife's bed. His wife Doris is afraid and decides the next day to file for divorce. Exactly one year later, when the divorce is to be finalized, Frank Maddox, Peter's business partner, meets with Doris Cole. That night Frank Maddox spends the night at Peter Cole's house and exchanges bedrooms with Phillip Kendall, Peter's stepbrother. The next morning Phillip Kendall is found dead in bed and Peter Cole is accused of murder.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writers:Laurence Marks, Gene Wang

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  2. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 3 - The Case of the Nervous Accomplice
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    #2 - The Case of the Nervous Accomplice

    S1:E3

    Sybil Granger hires Perry to help her buy stock in her estranged husband's oil company on the sly. By this, Sybil hopes to force her husband's latest girlfriend, Roxy Howard, out of the company and his life altogether. Things get complicated when George Lutts enters the picture and gets shot to death.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Stirling Silliphant

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  3. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 4 - The Case of the Drowning Duck
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    #3 - The Case of the Drowning Duck

    S1:E4

    Donald Briggs is an unscrupulous private investigator hired by Clyde Waters to uncover information about Marv Adams, his daughter's fiancé. Later, Donald Briggs is found dead in his motel room, and Marv Adams is accused of the murder because he had a fight with Donald Briggs the previous morning.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 5 - The Case of the Sulky Girl
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    #4 - The Case of the Sulky Girl

    S1:E5

    Fran Celane feels her uncle, Edward Norton, is too restrictive as the executor of her father's spendthrift trust. He also wants her to wait 18 months until her 25th birthday before she gets married. Later, Norton is found dead and Rodney Gleason, Fran's fiancé, is identified as the perpetrator.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 6 - The Case of the Silent Partner
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    #5 - The Case of the Silent Partner

    S1:E6

    Harry Marlow owns a florist business and wants to own a part of Mildred Kimber's orchid business, but Mildred Kimber is not interested. So, Harry Marlow makes an arrangement with a local club owner, Sam Lynk, to cheat Mildred's husband, Bob Kimber, out of his share of the business in a card game. When Sam Lynk is found dead in his home, Mildred Kimber is accused of the crime.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Donald S. Sanford

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  6. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 9 - The Case of the Vagabond Vixen
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    #6 - The Case of the Vagabond Vixen

    S1:E9

    Hollywood producer John Addison picks up an attractive young woman hitchhiker. Far from being innocent, she turns out to be a blackmailer—and a witness to a murder that Addison is charged with.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 10 - The Case of the Runaway Corpse
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    #7 - The Case of the Runaway Corpse

    S1:E10

    Ed Davenport learns that a sandwich he requested to be tested by a lab contains arsenic and blames his wife Myrna. When he confronts her about his suspicions, she denies it. He leaves for a business trip and falls ill. Dr. Renault is called to treat him at a motel where Ed Davenport later dies. Before he dies he claims his wife poisoned some candy.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Malvin Wald

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  8. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 12 - The Case of the Negligent Nymph
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    #8 - The Case of the Negligent Nymph

    S1:E12

    Perry Mason and Paul Drake are on a fishing trip when they spot a young woman named Sally Fenner being pursued by vicious guard dogs on an island estate. The only way Sally can avoid being chewed up by the dogs is to jump into the water and swim for it. Perry and Paul pull Sally out of the drink, and Perry ends up defending her on a murder charge.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 13 - The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
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    #9 - The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink

    S1:E13

    Restrauteur Morey Allen, a friend of Perry and Della's, has a problem: his waitress, Dixie Dayton, was struck by a car while fleeing the restaurant after spotting a man stalking her. The only item she left behind was a moth-eaten mink. When the stalker is found murdered, Morey and Dixie both eventually get arrested for the murder. The case also ties in with the murder of a young policeman several months before.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 14 - The Case of the Baited Hook
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    #10 - The Case of the Baited Hook

    S1:E14

    Robert Dawson confronts Albert Tydings, his partner, about $80K missing from Carol Stanley's trust account. Albert Tydings admits he embezzled the money and blackmails Robert Dawson to keep quiet or he will reveal some scandalous facts about Carol. Later, Carol calls and makes an appointment to meet Albert Tydings at his office to discuss the trust account. She arrives to find Albert Tydings dead.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Richard Grey

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  11. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 15 - The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse
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    #11 - The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse

    S1:E15

    Perry and Della witness an automobile accident which leads Perry to defend an exotic dancer charged with murder.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 16 - The Case of the Demure Defendant
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    #12 - The Case of the Demure Defendant

    S1:E16

    Nadine Marshall lives with her Uncle Martin and Captain Hugo. She comes home excited with the news of her engagement to John Locke. When she tells her Uncle Martin, he shows her some papers about her family which upset her. Later, Nadine is accused of poisoning her uncle.

    Director:László Benedek
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 17 - The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary
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    #13 - The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary

    S1:E17

    Arlene Dowling reports the theft of all her belongings, including a diary she is anxious to get back.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 18 - The Case of the Cautious Coquette
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    #14 - The Case of the Cautious Coquette

    S1:E18

    Perry has to navigate his way through a hornet's nest of murder, hit-and-run, secret marriage, and a missing witness in this episode.

    Director:László Benedek
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 19 - The Case of the Haunted Husband
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    #15 - The Case of the Haunted Husband

    S1:E19

    Claire Olger, a hitchhiker, is picked up by Michael Greeley. He loses control of the car and has an accident due to his being intoxicated. Eventually, her friend, Doris Stephanak, asks Perry Mason to help. When Perry is unable to contact Claire at her hotel, he goes there and finds Michael Greeley dead in her room.

    Director:Lewis Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 20 - The Case of the Lonely Heiress
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    #16 - The Case of the Lonely Heiress

    S1:E20

    Heiress Marilyn Cartright places an ad in a magazine in order to find love and companionship. In reality, Marilyn is looking for the con artist who swindled and drove her sister to suicide. Marilyn eventually finds the man, Charles "Country Boy" Barnaby, and turns on her ample charm in his direction hoping to get the goods on him. But when Barnaby is found poisoned to death the police theorize that Marilyn killed him as an act of revenge.

    Director:László Benedek
    Writer:Donald S. Sanford

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  17. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 21 - The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister
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    #17 - The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister

    S1:E21

    Arthur West, a disreputable private investigator, has found J. J. Stanley in a cheap motel. He knows Mr. Stanley and his partner, Ned Bain, were involved in the embezzlement of the Texas National Bank. He wants to blackmail Ned Bain into giving him money to keep quiet. When J. J. Stanley is found dead in Arthur West's hotel room, Harriet Bain, Ned Bain's daughter, is accused of the murder.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Richard Grey

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  18. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 22 - The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
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    #18 - The Case of the Fugitive Nurse

    S1:E22

    Janet Norris is charged with poisoning her doctor husband just before he flew to his death in his private plane. Further investigation reveals that Dr. Norris did not die in the plane crash and that he is in Mexico with his nurse mistress. The man killed in the plane was actually one Dave Kirby. This means that Janet still has to stand trial for murder.

    Director:László Benedek
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 23 - The Case of the One-Eyed Witness
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    #19 - The Case of the One-Eyed Witness

    S1:E23

    Della and Perry's dinner at a fancy French restaurant is interrupted by a phone call and an envelope containing $500.00 from a mysterious woman named Marian Fargo. Later, Marion's husband and the man blackmailing her, Sam Carlin, both turn up dead.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 25 - The Case of the Empty Tin
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    #20 - The Case of the Empty Tin

    S1:E25

    Doris Hocksley is shown a personal newspaper ad in a Los Angeles newspaper for locating the daughter of Adam Hocksley and providing proof of same. A friend, John Lowell, suggests she pursue the idea to prove she is the rightful heir to the Adam Hocksley estate.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Seeleg Lester

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  21. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 26 - The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
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    #21 - The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife

    S1:E26

    Perry receives a telegram from Frank Lawton, an old friend of his, asking for his help as Frank thinks he’s about to be arrested.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Stanley Niss

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  22. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 27 - The Case of the Desperate Daughter
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    #22 - The Case of the Desperate Daughter

    S1:E27

    Stefan Riker has come from Germany seeking the woman posing as Lisa Bannister—who is visibly shaken by his presence. Attempting to help her stepmother, Doris Bannister pretends to be romantically interested in Stefan Riker.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Donald S. Sanford

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  23. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 28 - The Case of the Daring Decoy
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    #23 - The Case of the Daring Decoy

    S1:E28

    Daniel Conway is involved in a vicious proxy war with Warner Griffith for control of an oil company. Conway's secretary, Rose Calvert, is spying for Griffith. When Rose is found dead, Conway fears he's being framed for murder and approaches Perry at a bar association dinner and asks for his aid.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 29 - The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
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    #24 - The Case of the Hesitant Hostess

    S1:E29

    When Albert Sanders is charged with the murder of dance hall girl, Kim Lane, Perry offers to defend him pro bono because he knows Sanders is down on his luck and still devastated over the accidental death of his wife and children eight years before.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 30 - The Case of the Screaming Woman
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    #25 - The Case of the Screaming Woman

    S1:E30

    Gossip columnist Mary K. Davis is found murdered and it seems there is no shortage of suspects.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece" is the worst rated episode of "Perry Mason". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by William D. Russell and written by Laurence Marks, Gene Wang, it aired on 9/28/1957. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Case of the Nervous Accomplice".