FIVE CLASSIC PERRY MASON EPISODES

1 The Case of the Restless Redhead (1957) Season 1 Episode 1 Where it all began. Mason faces a tough task defending a woman who admits she fired two shots at a car driven by a hooded man, who then turns up dead in the Pacific Ocean.

2 The Case of the Hesitant Hostess (1958) Season 1 Episode 29 A grieving alcoholic is charged with the murder of an escort, who was blackmailing her former boss. Street goes undercover to check out his shady business, which hides a heroinsmuggling operation.

3 The Case of the Lucky Loser (1958) Season 2 Episode 2 A suspicious husband, an adulterous wife, and a corpse made to look like the victim of a hit and run. Mason has his work cut out when he gets involved in the affairs of a wealthy family, in which a drunken nephew fits neatly in the frame for murder.

4 The Case of the Flighty Father (1960) Season 3 Episode 26 Two men claiming to be the long-lost father of teenage heiress Trudy Holbrook turn up after her mother dies, leaving her $10million. Then her uncle, the only person who could identify the real father, is killed, and Trudy’s fingerprints are on the murder weapon… Step forward, Perry Mason.

5 The Case of the Renegade Refugee (1961) Season 5 Episode 13 A journalist is murdered while tracking a Nazi war criminal, believed to have gone to ground as an executive at an American company, and a former GI seems to be guilty of the crime. Mason intercedes in a tale of secret identities, extortion, embezzlement and a religious retreat.