Perry loses the said civil lawsuit but is hired by Judge Redmond for his own case. While Judge Redmond is looking for a lawyer to defend his case, he is ruling over a civil lawsuit where Perry Mason is one of the representatives. However, he soon finds himself being forced to turn it down due to an accusation of fraud following by the murder of the whistleblower. Revered Judge Daniel Redmond has been nominated to run for Lt. The last of the three most popular rulings that went against him was “The Case of the Witless Witness”. But alas, Perry still manages to clear the gem importer of all charges. The key to solving the tangled case lies with the missing typist.īy the end of this case, the jury returns a guilty verdict against Perry’s client, giving his nemesis Hamilton Burger goosebumps thinking he had finally beaten Mason. Soon after, a gem importer who has been charged with smuggling and murder comes to Mason for help. The Case of the Terrified TypistĪ terrified woman walks into Perry Mason’s office following his call for a temporary typist in the papers.īut the woman soon goes AWOL, leaving behind two diamonds at Mason’s office in a hurry. READ: Why did Perry get a blue ticket? 4. Even though fans will tell you he never technically “lost” any case, here’s the nitty-gritty. Perry Mason has definitely walked out of a hearing disappointed and more than once. Mason also lost a case being framed for witness tampering in The Case of the Dead Ringer. Perry Mason is known to have almost lost three cases in his career-The Case of the Terrified Typist, The Case of the Witless Witness, and The Case of the Deadly Verdict. So is it true? Not one case? Even though he always picked up the most impossible-looking cases where the whole government and legal institution is hell-bent on pronouncing the innocent as guilty? How is that even possible, you may ask. Whether you have grown with a grandfather obsessing over the nuanced arguments of a stoic Perry Mason or were blown away by HBO’s remarkable revival of the ’70s TV soap character, you must have heard at least once that Perry Mason has never lost a case in his life! The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Perry Mason has never lost a case in his life his fictional life, but a life nonetheless. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. SIEGEL: Barbara Hale, who played the character Della Street in all those episodes of "Perry Mason," and only one of which, she says, he lost the case.Ĭopyright © 2009 NPR. And Barbara Hale, thank you very much for talking with us today. HALE: That's very sweet, Robert, thank you. You and your colleagues provided a great many of us with a great many memorable moments - evidently, including a very likely member of the Supreme Court. You know, Robert, we did - let's see - about 330 shows and believe me, my dear, it's very hard to think back and try to remember those things. SIEGEL: In "The Case of the Terrified Typist," a jury returns - I'm reading this from the Web site - returns a guilty verdict against Perry's client, but Perry is still able to clear the defendant. SIEGEL: Whenever Perry Mason lost, it was eventually a mistrial. HALE: You see, those things were claimed mistrials. But I've read on a Web site called "The Perry Mason TV Show Book" that in "The Case of the Witless Witness," that begins with a judgment being handed down against Perry - doesn't count? So there were really umpteen thousands of cases that we just never saw. HALE: But of course, you don't realize the other cases that were tried during the week, when we weren't on television. As far as the show was concerned, he never lost the case. You must realize that Perry never lost cases and with the one that he lost, it was claimed a mistrial. BARBARA HALE (Actress): Robert, of course only one. Perry Mason's incredibly capable assistant all those years, Della Street, was played by the Emmy award-winning actress Barbara Hale, who joins us now from her home in Sherman Oaks, California. SIEGEL: Why wasn't it necessary? And what about "The Case of the Witless Witness," not to mention, "The Case of the Terrified Typist"? Didn't the verdicts go against Perry in those episodes, too? We're going to ask somebody who really knows, because she was there. RAYMOND BURR (Actor): (As Perry Mason) No, your honor, that won't be necessary. Unidentified Man #2: You wish to have the jury polled, Mr. Unidentified Man #1: We the jury in the above entitled cause fix the punishment as death for the crime of murder as charged in the indictment dated August 24th. From the Web, we hear it was this one: "The Case of the Deadly Verdict." Let's get serious now - what was that one case that Perry Mason lost? We have a little conflicting information.
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