- Four years after a half-owner of a circus is mauled by a tiger, the two owners are trying to buy out each other. Both are after a clown in the circus for the funds. The second owner is blackmailing him about his wife's second marriage.
- Circus clown Felix Heidemann marries Lisa in a whirlwind. Part owner Jerry Franklin, who is also in love with Lisa, is taken aback. In her drunken exuberance Lisa accidentally releases a tiger that seriously mauls Jerry. Four years later, Lisa has married wheelchair-bound Jerry out of pity, but she did not divorce Felix. The two owners of the circus have an agreement that gives each an option to buy the other owner out for $180,000. The second owner, Judd Curtis, comes to Felix telling him he wants the money Felix is raising for Jerry for his own use or he will tell Jerry about Lisa and Felix. Another clown, Tim Durant, tries to oust Felix from the circus to take his job by supporting Curtis, in his bid to buy out Jerry. Felix consults Perry Mason, and everyone goes to the circus that evening, including Lt. Tragg who has been called about an attempted murder. During Felix's act, the main attraction, one stunt involves blank cartridges, but one shot fired was a live round that kills Curtis. Tragg arrests Felix, and Perry must prove him not guilty.—richardann
- When the circus comes to Los Angeles, Perry Mason finds himself defending Felix Heidemann a circus clown billed as the funniest man on Earth. During his act, the clown shoots a gun that was supposed to be loaded with blanks but kills the circus' co-owner Judd Curtis and then runs off. Perry witnessed the shooting along with Della, Paul Drake and Lt. Tragg, all of whom were in the audience under the big top for his performance. Heidemann insists however that he wasn't there that evening having traveled to San Francisco so the killer had to be someone who impersonated him. The victim was in a fight with his partner, Jerry Franklin, over control of their circus but had also promised top billing to another clown, Tim Durant, if he helped him with his bid for control. As Perry sifts through the evidence, he finds that several incorrect assumptions have been made along the way.—garykmcd
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