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S4 E21 The Case of the Difficult Detour

Drama

TV-PG

51m

Mar 24, 1961

A road builder facing bankruptcy decides to have things out with the man responsible for his plight, only to wind up being charged with murder.

Season 4, 28 Episodes

The Case of the Treacherous Toupee,

An executive who has been missing for two years returns on the day of an important stockholders meeting…but ends up slain.

The Case of the Credulous Quarry,

A shady lawyer, a client facing a murder charge, and a woman witness demanding a payoff help complicate this case for Mason.

The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker,

Perry Mason is hired by a harassed business executive who wants to rid himself of a larcenous, freeloading nephew.

The Case of the Singular Double,

Perry Mason is hired by a distressed woman who assumed the identity of a nonexistant cousin to report her own disappearance as a suspected suicide.

The Case of the Lavender Lipstick,

Perry Mason takes the case of a chemist accused of slaying her employer when planted evidence is found to indicate that she had sold secret formulas to a rival cosmetics firm.

The Case of the Wandering Widow,

Perry Mason is hired by a woman who is being blackmailed by a long-missing witness in the six year old murder of her husband.

The Case of the Clumsy Clown,

Perry Mason is hired by a circus clown to untangle a case of bigamy and to head off a threat of blackmail.

The Case of the Provocative Protege,

Perry Mason is hired by a distinguished concert pianist's widow to determine whether the musician's fatal plunge off a cliff was a murder or suicide.

The Case of the Nine Dolls,

A little girl's plaintive request for help in learning who she is leads Perry Mason into an international quest and a murder trial.

The Case of the Loquacious Liar,

Perry Mason is hired to locate a stolen photograph which has vital bearing on a sinister struggle for control of a boat building firm.

The Case of the Red Riding Boots,

On the eve of her wedding to a rancher, an alluring woman is slain and her body hidden in the trunk of a car. When a hired ranch hand is accused of the slaying, Perry Mason takes his defense.

The Case of the Larcenous Lady,

A pretty secretary enlists Perry Mason's help when she finds herself framed in a blackmail plot and then accused of the death of her employer's wife.

The Case of the Envious Editor,

Perry Mason defends the beautiful wife of a respected magazine editor when she is accused of slaying her husband's ruthless publisher.

The Case of the Resolute Reformer,

Perry Mason, helping a citizen's committee fight a proposed construction project, finds himself more deeply involved when bribery, political blackmail, and murder develop.

The Case of the Fickle Fortune,

Civil servant Ralph Duncan goes to Mason for advice after $153,000 is stolen from his car, but finds himself needing more than advice when he's found at the scene of a crime with the missing money.

The Case of the Waylaid Wolf,

Secretary Arlene Ferris is lured to a lonely beach house by her boss' son, but after she flees his advances, he is found knifed to death.

The Case of the Wintry Wife,

Vindictive Laura Randall is slain after she plots to blow up her husband's unique underwater technology.

The Case of the Angry Dead Man,

Willard Nesbitt stages his own death so his wife can collect the insurance, but when he learns his business partner plans to cheat his wife out of royalties, he 'returns to life' before being killed.

The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff,

James Kincannon finds himself in need of Mason's services after being accused not only of jewel fencing but of pushing a man out of a penthouse window as well.

The Case of the Barefaced Witness,

When convicted embezzler Fred Swan returns to his hometown, it means trouble for Iris McKay, a former client of private investigator Paul Drake.

The Case of the Difficult Detour,

A road builder facing bankruptcy decides to have things out with the man responsible for his plight, only to wind up being charged with murder.

The Case of the Cowardly Lion,

A baby gorilla is kidnapped and a murder victim is left in a lion's cage as evidence.

The Case of the Torrid Tapestry,

A museum employee who served his sentence after being falsely accused of setting fire to an art collection returns to settle accounts with the man who framed him.

The Case of the Violent Vest,

Mason meets murder again as a beautiful model is accused of slaying an advertising man who has been pursuing her affections against her will.

The Case of the Misguided Missile,

A misfiring missile, an inquiry, and death on a firing range lead Perry Mason to the defense of an Air Force officer court-martialed on a murder charge.

The Case of the Duplicate Daughter,

Perry Mason defends a man accused of slaying a female detective.

The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather,

Perry Mason is called upon to defend a youth against a charge of murdering his girlfriend's estranged husband.

The Case of the Guilty Clients,

It looks as though Perry Mason may finally lose a case when the man he is defending makes a dramatic courtroom confession.

Details

Perry Mason

Drama

TV-PG

9 Seasons

46m

Perry Mason is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, he often finds that by digging deeply into the facts, startling facts can be revealed.

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