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Season 3 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 26
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Perry Mason Season 3 (1959-1960)

Perry Mason The Case of the Spurious Sister 3x01 The Case of the Spurious Sister
When Bruce Chapman returns home early from a business trip he finds that his wife, Marie, wants a divorce. This is odd because just before Chapman left to go on his trip he thought ...
Oct. 03, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of the Watery Witness 3x02 The Case of the Watery Witness
Greedy George Clark discovers that his wife might be the long-last daughter of former movie star Lorna Thomas and begins seeing dollar signs. George soon sees the inside of a jail cell ...
Oct. 10, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of the Garrulous Gambler 3x03 The Case of the Garrulous Gambler
Hard luck Larry Benton gets into an argument in poker game and knocks Mike Granger out cold. Then he's informed that Granger is dead. In reality, the whole set-up is a scam to shake ...
Oct. 17, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of the Blushing Pearls 3x04 The Case of the Blushing Pearls
After Mitsuo Kamuri gets "caught" with a string of valuable pearls belonging to the mother of her boyfriend, Grover Nichols, his father agrees to drop all charges provided that Mitsuo ...
Oct. 24, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of the Startled Stallion 3x05 The Case of the Startled Stallion
John Brant holds the mortgage on Jo Ann Blanchard's ranch and forecloses. He also takes possession of her prized stallion, Jo Ann goes to Perry for help in recovering the horse but ...
Oct. 31, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma 3x06 The Case of Paul Drake's Dilemma
Perry's friend, private eye Paul Drake, is charged with murder when his gun is found to be the murder weapon in the killing of a hit-and-run driver who was also the son-in-law of a ...
Nov. 14, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of the Golden Fraud 3x07 The Case of the Golden Fraud
Richard Vanaman is up for a promotion at his company but someone sabotages his advancement and Vanaman ends up being framed for a murder.
Nov. 21, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of the Bartered Bikini 3x08 The Case of the Bartered Bikini
The girlfriend of a designer goes on trial for the murder of a rival designer who had stolen her boyfriend's designs for a new line of swimwear.
Dec. 05, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of the Artful Dodger 3x09 The Case of the Artful Dodger
Ne'er-do-well Allen Sheridan has made quite a few enemies, and he's' due to inherit over a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. So when Sheridan is murdered the culprit could be almost ...
Dec. 12, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of the Lucky Legs 3x10 The Case of the Lucky Legs
Small town gal Marjorie Cluny wins a contest for best looking legs sponsored by a shady Hollywood producer. Her prize is a trip to Hollywood and a part in the producer's next film. ...
Dec. 19, 1959
Perry Mason The Case of the Violent Village 3x11 The Case of the Violent Village
Perry goes to the Sierra Nevadas on a fishing trip with an old friend but becomes sidetracked into a murder case involving an ex-convict and a revenge seeking sister.
Jan. 02, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Frantic Flyer 3x12 The Case of the Frantic Flyer
A plane crash, a double murder, missing money, and an innocent widow charged with crimes she didn't commit are the elements of this case.
Jan. 09, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Wayward Wife 3x13 The Case of the Wayward Wife
Author Ben Sutton is a fraud, taking credit for another man's story of his time in a POW camp. When Sutton turns up dead, his wife is arrested for the murder.
Jan. 23, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Prudent Proecutor 3x14 The Case of the Prudent Proecutor
Burger is forced to make use of Perry's defense talents when the DA's old friend faces a murder charge.
Jan. 30, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Gallant Grafter 3x15 The Case of the Gallant Grafter
CEO Edward Nelson is charged with the murder of an embezzler within his company.
Feb. 06, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Wary Wildcatter 3x16 The Case of the Wary Wildcatter
Madelyn Terry finds herself in a locked room with the corpse of her sister's husband, and a motive for killing him.
Feb. 20, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Mythical Monkeys 3x17 The Case of the Mythical Monkeys
Secretary Gladys Doyle goes to a remote mountain cabin to pick up a package for her employer. A man who seems to know her greets her there, but when he leaves Gladys finds a corpse ...
Feb. 27, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Singing Skirt 3x18 The Case of the Singing Skirt
George Anclitas runs a casino but when a showgirl comes up dead, he plants a gun on working girl Betty Roberts to frame her and draw attention off herself. But who killed the showg ...
Mar. 12, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Bashful Burro 3x19 The Case of the Bashful Burro
Gerald Norton is working the mine he inherited from his father, and rancher Ken Bascombe tries to buy him out. When Gerald refuses, things turn violent and Gerald ends up accused of ...
Mar. 26, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Crying Cherub 3x20 The Case of the Crying Cherub
Museum employee June Sinclair and her boyfriend Dave Lambert are accused of the murder of a thief at the museum.
Apr. 09, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Nimble Nephew 3x21 The Case of the Nimble Nephew
Millionaire Adam Thompson hires Perry Mason when he suspects someone of stealing secrets from his safe, but it becomes a case of murder when Thompson's assistant turns up dead. with ...
Apr. 23, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Madcap Modiste 3x22 The Case of the Madcap Modiste
When fashion designer Flavia Pierce is poisoned, suspicion initially falls on her husband until the police go after a new suspect.
Apr. 30, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Slandered Submarine 3x23 The Case of the Slandered Submarine
Commander James Page is testing electronic equipment on the U.S. Navy sub Moray. It's commander, Burke, is assisting the police in the investigation of a murdered cafe sing, as the ...
May. 14, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Ominous Outcast 3x24 The Case of the Ominous Outcast
The son of a bank robber needs help when a murderer tries to find his father's loot.
May. 21, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Irate Inventor 3x25 The Case of the Irate Inventor
Inventor James Frazer returns from a three-month trip to get away from his cheating wife. However, he finds her murdered in his office, and the only way in or out is a foolproof lock ...
May. 28, 1960
Perry Mason The Case of the Flighty Father 3x26 The Case of the Flighty Father
Trudy Holbrook's mother dies, leaving her $10 million, and two men arrive claiming to be her long-lost father Jay. Only one man can identify them, her blind uncle Lawrence, but he turns ...
Jun. 11, 1960

Season 3 Characters

Perry Mason played by Raymond Burr
Della Street played by Barbara Hale
Paul Drake played by William Hopper
Courtroom Spectator played by Robert Wegner
Judge played by Grandon Rhodes
Hamilton Burger played by William Talman
Court Clerk played by George E. Stone
Lt. Arthur Tragg played by Ray Collins
Lt. Tragg played by Ray Collins
Sgt. Brice played by Lee Miller (II)
Autopsy Surgeon played by Michael Fox
Judge played by S. John Launer
Maid played by Gail Bonney
Court Reporter played by Paul B. Kennedy
Court Clerk played by Joseph Crehan
Banker played by Henry Hunter
Bartender played by David McMahon
Technician played by Warren Frost
Ballistics Expert played by Norman Leavitt
Detective played by Thomas Wilde
Hamilton Burger played by William Tannen
District Attorney Hamilton Burger played by William Talman
D.A. Hamilton Burger played by William Talman

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Season 3 Videos

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Season 3 Quotes

03x01 - The Case of the Spurious Sister Season 3 / Episode 1: - The Case of the Spurious Sister

Della Street: [after Della gets off the phone with Chapman's secretary] Incidentally Mr. Chapman, I have a message for you from her. She says that works piling up, things are in a turmoil, and the office needs you.
Perry Mason: That sounds exactly like a secretary!
03x22 - The Case of the Madcap Modiste Season 3 / Episode 22: - The Case of the Madcap Modiste

Perry Mason: Della, Della, think like a women for a minute.
Della Street: I'll try.
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Season 3 Trivia

  • Episode 06 - This was Basil Ruysdael's next to last credited acting role as he would die 11 months after this telecast of complications following surgery. He was 82.
  • Episode 10 - Goof (miscellaneous): The character played by Doreen Lang is clearly referred to as Miss Hill, but in the closing credits she is listed as Mrs. Hill.
  • Episode 07 - The midpoint scene with Della Street and Rip Conners uses Alexander Borodin's String Quartet No. 2 in D Major.
  • Episode 25 - Goof (continuity error): At one point during the first courtroom scene, Della Street's dress changes from one style to another.
  • Episode 09 - The title refers to a character from Charles Dickens novel 'Oliver Twist'.

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