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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 22 - The Case of the Sad Sicilian
    6.7/10(323 votes)

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

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

    #3 - 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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  4. Perry Mason Season 6 Episode 18 - The Case of the Two-Faced Turnabout
    7.1/10(369 votes)

    #4 - The Case of the Two-Faced Turnabout

    S6:E18

    Columnist Elihu Laban is hit with a murder rap when his efforts to obtain secret papers backfire.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Perry Mason Season 9 Episode 12 - The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein
    7.1/10(308 votes)

    #5 - The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein

    S9:E12

    In this change of pace episode Perry and Della travel behind the Iron Curtain and get involved in a murder case which ends up being tried in an East German court.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Jonathan Latimer

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  6. Perry Mason Season 9 Episode 22 - The Case of the Avenging Angel
    7.2/10(293 votes)

    #6 - The Case of the Avenging Angel

    S9:E22

    Perry must defend a goofy, untalented British kid whom someone thinks has the talent to be a pop singer but in reality couldn't get in the door of American Idol. Then someone bumps off a shady promoter and the would be pop idol gets blamed.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Lawrence L. Goldman

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  7. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 10 - The Case of the Devious Delinquent
    7.3/10(305 votes)

    #7 - The Case of the Devious Delinquent

    S7:E10

    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:Unknown

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  8. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 5 - The Case of the Betrayed Bride
    7.3/10(321 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 19 - The Case of the Fifty-Millionth Frenchman
    7.4/10(339 votes)

    #9 - The Case of the Fifty-Millionth Frenchman

    S7:E19

    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

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  10. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 27 - The Case of the Careless Kidnapper
    7.4/10(298 votes)

    #10 - The Case of the Careless Kidnapper

    S7:E27

    A kidnapping hoax leads to murder when the ransom note gets into the wrong hands.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Robb White

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  11. Perry Mason Season 9 Episode 10 - The Case of the Runaway Racer
    7.4/10(273 votes)

    #11 - The Case of the Runaway Racer

    S9:E10

    Test driver Pete Griston cracks up one of ace car builder Pappy Ryan's vehicles. Pappy accuses Havey Rettig of tampering with the car and files charges against Rettig and Griston. Then Rettig is killed and Griston is found standing groggily over the body.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Sy Salkowitz

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  12. Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 27 - The Case of the Desperate Daughter
    7.5/10(454 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Perry Mason Season 4 Episode 7 - The Case of the Clumsy Clown
    7.5/10(387 votes)

    #13 - The Case of the Clumsy Clown

    S4:E7

    A circus clown is charged with the murder of its part owner when a gun is slipped to him during a gun act.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Sam Neuman

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  14. Perry Mason Season 5 Episode 10 - The Case of the Injured Innocent
    7.5/10(327 votes)

    #14 - The Case of the Injured Innocent

    S5:E10

    A really weird courtroom confession scene highlights this episode about the murder of a race car driver.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Perry Mason Season 6 Episode 25 - The Case of the Greek Goddess
    7.5/10(312 votes)

    #15 - The Case of the Greek Goddess

    S6:E25

    Mason is hired by a sculptor charged with murdering the overbearing mother of his model.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Robert Presnell Sr.

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  16. Perry Mason Season 7 Episode 8 - The Case of the Floating Stones
    7.5/10(316 votes)

    #16 - The Case of the Floating Stones

    S7:E8

    Julie Eng needs Perry's help when some precious stones her grandfather left her turn up missing.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  17. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 8 - The Case of a Place Called Midnight
    7.5/10(303 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Perry Mason Season 8 Episode 16 - The Case of the Thermal Thief
    7.5/10(318 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Perry Mason Season 9 Episode 21 - The Case of the Twice-Told Twist
    7.5/10(479 votes)

    #19 - The Case of the Twice-Told Twist

    S9:E21

    Perry plays Mr. Brownlow to young Lenny Beale who's involved with a gang of teenage car strippers. Lenny wants to quit the gang but when his boss, Bill Sikes, turns up murdered the police theorize that Lenny killed him in revenge for Sikes shooting his girlfriend.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writers:Orville H. Hampton, Ernest Frankel

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  20. Perry Mason Season 9 Episode 23 - The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara
    7.5/10(252 votes)

    #20 - The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara

    S9:E23

    Imagine Gerard Van Ness's surprise when a long-lost tiara worth a fortune turns up in his hands. Imagine Perry and Della's surpise when the body of a jewel thief turns up in a trunk delivered to their building. Needless to say, Van Ness gets blamed for the death and it's up to Perry and company to save the day.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writers:Orville H. Hampton, Ernest Frankel

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  21. Perry Mason Season 4 Episode 22 - The Case of the Cowardly Lion
    7.6/10(346 votes)

    #21 - The Case of the Cowardly Lion

    S4:E22

    Hilde Fursten and Tony Osgood work at the San Diego Zoo. When a new baby monkey is found missing, Hilde Fursten is blamed by Dr. Walther Braun, a visiting dentist. Boris Zelbowski also works at the zoo and is dating Frieda Crawson, Dr. Braun's nurse. That evening, Dr. Braun arrives at the zoo to perform oral surgery on a lion and is found dead in the lion's cage. Tony Osgood is accused of the murder when a witness sees someone wearing Tony's blue sportcoat near the lion's cage at the time.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Perry Mason Season 5 Episode 6 - The Case of the Meddling Medium
    7.6/10(382 votes)

    #22 - The Case of the Meddling Medium

    S5:E6

    Phony psychic Phillip Paisley meets a grisly death when an elevator that has been tampered with crashes. In the climactic scene Perry sets up another fantastic demonstration to prove his client innocent and expose the real culprit.

    Director:Arthur Marks
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Perry Mason Season 5 Episode 24 - The Case of the Melancholy Marksman
    7.6/10(276 votes)

    #23 - The Case of the Melancholy Marksman

    S5:E24

    Ted Chase discovers that his bitchy second wife, Irene, might have killed his first wife and contemplates revenge but someone else gets to Irene first. In his defense of Ted, Perry discovers that Irene's past was even more sordid and corrupt than previously believed.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Perry Mason Season 5 Episode 25 - The Case of the Angry Astronaut
    7.6/10(315 votes)

    #24 - The Case of the Angry Astronaut

    S5:E25

    Astronaut Matthew Heller is suspected of killing his old service rival, General Addison Brand, after Brand is put in charge of the astronaut program.

    Director:Francis D. Lyon
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Perry Mason Season 6 Episode 3 - The Case of the Playboy Pugilist
    7.6/10(329 votes)

    #25 - The Case of the Playboy Pugilist

    S6:E3

    Boxing trainer Jimmy West thinks he's finally found a championship contender in Davey Carroll. Unfortunately, Davey has a hard time keeping it in his pants and his tangled love life leads to Jimmy being charged with murder.

    Director:Francis D. Lyon
    Writer:Helen Nielsen

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Case of the Sad Sicilian" is the worst rated episode of "Perry Mason". It scored 6.7/10 based on 323 votes. Directed by Jesse Hibbs and written by Milton Krims, it aired on 3/11/1965. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor".