- A man travels to Outcast to thank a man who donated to the orphanage where he was raised but is turned away due to his looks by everyone but a man he met fishing. When the man he came to thank is murdered, he is charged with the crime.
- In Outcast, California, newcomer Bob Lansing encounters strange, hostile reactions from the barber to the hotel owner, who refuses him a room. The only friendly face is J.J. Flaherty, whom Bob met while fishing but is really a private eye. At the request of Dr. Kennedy, headmaster of the orphanage where he was raised, Bob is there to look up Frederick Bell, who has been sending anonymous donations to the orphanage for several years, but Bell denies this. Suspicious, Bob returns to Los Angeles and consults Perry Mason. From old newspaper accounts, Bob thinks he may be the son of notorious bank robber Lynn Aberdeen, who killed two deputy sheriffs. Curiously, Bell was a clerk in the bank when it was robbed. Now Bell works for the town's richest tycoon, Tom Quincy, who is having an affair with Bell's wife Vivian. Bob decides to return to Outcast--against Perry's advice--to confront the people and learn more of the history. Bell is found dead with Bob leaning over him. Bob is arrested, and the outlook is indeed ominous.—richardann
- Bob Lansing arrives in the town of Outcast, California and elicits a strange reaction from the townsfolk. The town barber and his wife, who runs the hotel next door, stare at him in disbelief. Lansing has been holidaying nearby and has only come to Outcast to visit Frederick Bell, a benefactor who has over the years made generous donations to the orphanage where Lansing grew up. Bell doesn't know what he's talking about and denies ever having given money to an orphanage. It becomes pretty obvious that he originally came from there and many in the town have secrets. When he visits Bell to get information and force it out of him if necessary, Bell is dead. Lansing is charged with murder and Perry Mason must solve a 20 year-old crime to identify the murderer.—garykmcd
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