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1. Capote (2005)
R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Allie Mickelson
Votes: 141,334 | Gross: $28.75M
2. Devil's Knot (2013)
Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a Satanic ritual.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivola, James Hamrick
Votes: 23,951
3. The Quiet Gun (1957)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Western
Sheriff Carl Brandon must uphold the law and prevent a lynching when his best friend is accused of murder and immorality by the townsfolk.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Mara Corday, Jim Davis, Kathleen Crowley
Votes: 336
4. The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Mystery
When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart
Votes: 707
5.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Watts a Matter?
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
Racial tensions threaten to explode in city-wide rioting when Rollins represents an innocent black family suing the Los Angeles Police Department for excessive violence when the police ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Moore | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 192
6.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Baited Hook
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry is awakened in the middle of the night by the phone. A strange man says someone has been murdered and he has two $1,000 bills as a retainer, as well as half of a $10,000 bill that will serve to introduce Perry's mysterious client.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 443
7.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Diana Reynolds arrives at Mason's office wearing a black eye concerned about her boss' grandson Bobby Carter. Marian Shaw, Diana's former roommate, also concerned with the grandson, is murdered at the Carter residence and Diana is charged.
Director: Roger Kay | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 383
8.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Cautious Coquette
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elaine is being threatened and blackmailed by her husband, Harry Pitkin, so she consults Perry. In a complex series of moves, Perry is sent on a wild goose chase to Elaine's apartment, Harry ends up dead, and Elaine is charged with murder.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 420
9.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Crimson Kiss
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fay Allison and her roommate Anita are found unconscious by Fay's aunt, Louise Marlow, who calls her attorney Perry Mason in desperation. In the girls' apartment Perry and Della discover a key that leads them to the body of Carver Clement.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 496
10.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Crooked Candle
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Martha and Rita show up at a beauty salon and both answer to "Mrs. Bradford." Their husband Joe turns up dead on his boat, Martha is charged with his murder, and a candle on the table is leaning about twenty degrees.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 449
11.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Daring Decoy
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An attractive secretary, spying on an oil executive in order to help his rival, is found murdered by the executive who takes the gun. And Perry's star witness is an elevator operator who identifies suspects by their shoes.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 415
12.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Deadly Double
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry defends the brother of a woman who returns with a purse containing his gun, who says that in her nightmare she saw her husband shot and found the gun there. Perry must prove the nightmare was real, but why does the woman think it was a dream?
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 443
13.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Demure Defendant
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nadine, a demure young woman, confesses to her psychiatrist on tape under a truth serum that she poisoned her uncle. Evidence has been tampered with and planted, and Perry is in hot water as the police believe he is responsible.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 414
14.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Desperate Daughter
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Teenager Doris Bannister is having a fling with Stefan Riker, a shady East German who is a longtime acquaintance of Doris' step-mother, Lisa Bannister. Riker has been murdered, and Doris has general amnesia; or is she faking it?
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 385
15.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Empty Tin
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elston Carr is searching for the heir to the Hocksley fortune, with Alan Neil conducting the preliminary interviews. Miriam Hocksley may be the heiress. Another woman, Doris Hocksley, also has reliable credentials but Carr is found dead.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 402
16.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse
(1957)
TV-PG | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Perry Mason finds some fans and shoes that belong to a fan dancer, he places an ad that several people mistake for a missing horse. Not only does another fan dancer show up, but so does her husband...dead, leaving Perry confused.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 468
17.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Fiery Fingers
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Louise Gordon believes husband George is having an affair and will not allow him into her room. Only cousin Vicky Braxton and nurse Nora Mae Quincey may see Louise. When Louise dies of arsenic poisoning, Nora Mae is charged with murder.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 404
18.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The wife of a prominent physician is arrested for drugging her husband, causing him to crash his private plane. But then he turns up alive, living in Mexico with a beautiful nurse after the dead man's identity is revealed.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 439
19.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Gilded Lily
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Enid Griffin overdoses on sleeping pills when her boss, Stewart Brent, unexpectedly got married. Arthur Binney blackmails Brent and his wife Anne to suppress the fact that she has a prison record. Brent is framed for the murder of Binney.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 399
20.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dowdy woman comes to Perry Mason for help. Her wealthy but ailing father is being blackmailed by a disreputable private investigator for embezzling and she's afraid if her fiancé finds out, he'll break off their engagement.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 381
21.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry Mason defends an old wartime buddy, Frank Lawton, who is framed for murder. He is a handy man accused of having an affair with the woman he works for and killing her husband. The evidence is piling up against him en masse.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 443
22.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Haunted Husband
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Della persuades Perry to take a case where a girl in a car accident is framed for stealing the car and killing the driver of a truck. She claims another man was driving the car. Two murders later Perry is still trying to clear her.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 480
23.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fred Archer is blackmailed by Kim Lane, who winds up dead. Albert Sanders, Perry's derelict client, is charged with the murder. Perry depends on Kim's friend, Inez Kaylor, to assist in the defense, but she double-crosses him at every turn.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 391
24.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Lazy Lover
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While repositioning his car in the driveway, Bertrand Allred finds the unconscious Robert Fleetwood. It appears that Bertrand's step-daughter struck Fleetwood as she was driving toward the house but the cover-up results in murder.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 417
25.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Lonely Heiress
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lonely heiress, Marylin Clark, looks for a con man who swindled her sister through a lonely hearts magazine, leading to the sister's death. Marylin finds Charles Barnaby, but he winds up dead, and she is charged with murder.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 449
26.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Long-Legged Models
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gambler Glenn Falkner is murdered by George Castle, who tries to collect a debt from Falkner's daughter, Stephanie. Castle is murdered and Stephanie is charged. The case becomes confusing when not one but three identical guns are involved.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 383
27.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry and Della are enjoying a quiet dinner at Morey Allen's restaurant when a waitress suddenly runs out and is hit by a car, shots are fired, and Perry is left holding a moth-eaten mink with a pawn ticket hidden in it.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 558
28.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy woman hires Mason to buy stock in her husband's land company, hoping to force his mistress out. But her plan goes awry when she is charged with the murder of her husband's business partner Mason bought the stock from.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 508
29.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Marian Fargo is being blackmailed and hires Perry Mason to find a solution to her problem. When Marian is suddenly charged with two murders and the evidence is solidly against her, Perry must use all his wits to save his client.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 422
30.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Prodigal Parent
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Philip Larkin is killed, his stepfather Joseph Harrison, recently divorced from Philip's mother Ethel, is charged. With Joe in serious difficulty, Ethel asks Perry Mason to defend him, then disappears.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 400
31.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Rolling Bones
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Daniel Reed is forcibly placed in a mental sanitarium as incompetent. Mason takes the case to court and wins Reed's freedom on a writ of habeas corpus. Before the writ can be served, however, Reed escapes and is charged with murder.
Director: Roger Kay | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 383
32.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Runaway Corpse
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ed Davenport, on his deathbed, accuses his wife of poisoning him, then he expires. When Tragg arrives to investigate, the corpse has vanished, only to be found later, buried in a slit trench several miles away.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 436
33.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Screaming Woman
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An elderly nurse visits Perry for advice but leaves not listening. Later, she arrives at the police station to confess to killing a columnist who is using a book she stole from a doctor to blackmail him into giving her a baby of her own.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 448
34.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Silent Partner
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The owner of a lucrative orchid business is charged with murder after her husband loses stock shares in a poker game to a sleazy ex-con. When the hostess at the game calls to say she was poisoned, Perry and his team spring into action.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 484
35.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is divorcing her husband after she catches him sleepwalking near her bed with a knife. When his stepbrother is found dead, stabbed with the knife, he's charged with the murder and accused of using his sleepwalking as a cover-up.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 579
36.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Substitute Face
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Carl Houser quits his bank job and loads his money-belt with cash as he leaves. He takes his family on a ship cruise where his wife consults Perry about the cash, but when Carl apparently goes overboard, she is charged with murder.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 388
37.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Sulky Girl
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An impetuous niece who demands her trust fund be released comes to Perry Mason for help. But it's her boyfriend who needs defending when he is charged with murdering her controlling uncle as Perry learns their real situation.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 475
38.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Terrified Typist
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A terrified typist rushes into Mason's office pretending to be a temp. The office of the diamond importers on the floor above has been invaded. Later a partner, George Baxter, is killed, and another partner, Duane Jefferson, is charged.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 406
39.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Vagabond Vixen
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man picking up a young woman hitchhiking tries to help her but the actions backfire when he finds himself the victim of blackmail. The man's business partner was also involved with the woman and murdered for which he is charged.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 451