Episode

Perry Mason: The Case of the Floating Stones

Name: Perry Mason: The Case of the Floating Stones
Released: 1963-11-21
Duration: 51 min
Cast: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Perry MasonSeason 71963-11-21

Overview

Julie Eng needs Perry's help when some precious stones her grandfather left her turn up missing.

Details

Series: Perry Mason
Season: Season 7
Episode: Episode 8
Air date: 1963-11-21
Runtime: 51 min

Episode context

The Case of the Floating Stones is Episode 8 in Season 7 of Perry Mason. It aired on 1963-11-21. The runtime is 51 min.

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Episode 7: The Case of the Bigamous Spouse 1963-11-14 | 51 min Gwynn Elston's best friend, Nell Grimes, asks her to move in with her due to the fact that Nell's husband, Felton, is often out of town on business. Gwynn, who has a door-to-door sales job, is then astonished to see Felton's picture in someone else's house where he's known as Frank Gillette. Felton, who's really a nasty mother, tries to poison Gwynn, when she confronts him but she survives and runs to Perry for help. Then Felton is found shot to death and things go from awful to good grief for poor Gwynn--she gets arrested for the crime.

Episode 9: The Case of the Festive Felon 1963-11-28 | 51 min Wealthy but dying Bebe Brent gives the bulk of her estate to her loyal nurse. Needless to say, this act angers the remainder of the Brent clan and leads to a murder.

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Episode 10: The Case of the Devious Delinquent 1963-12-05 | 51 min Three teens cruise Hollywood Boulevard in a cool convertible lookin' for kicks! A liquor store goes down and the blackmail and plot twists begin. Lies and more lies and it's going from bad to worse for young Timmy Balfour who soon discovers that there's every bit as much delinquency from the adults when he's charged with murder.

Episode 5: The Case of the Decadent Dean 1963-10-24 | 51 min Perry has to defend the dean of a prep school on charges of murdering a teacher who had been stealing, embezzling, and blackmailing.

Episode 11: The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang 1963-12-12 | 51 min Grover Johnson manages somehow to talk his much younger bride Eula into living with him on a barren spread of ranch land. Needless to say, Eula hates it and can't wait to sell the property. Along comes wealthy Texas Nelson Barcliff who's ready, willing, and able to purchase the property. But is this big Texan really who he appears to be? Or is it just an elaborate real estate swindle cooked up by Eula? Either way, both Eula and Barcliff end up dead and Grover finds himself charged with Eula's murder.

Episode 4: The Case of the Deadly Verdict 1963-10-17 | 51 min Janice Barton is found guilty of the murder of her wealthy relative and sentenced to death. Can Perry find the evidence to clear her of the crime before the pellets in the gas chamber fall?

Episode 12: The Case of the Badgered Brother 1963-12-19 | 51 min Brothers Martin and Todd Baylor are feuding over ownership of a successful chain of clothing stores. Martin ends up with a knife sticking out of his back one night and Todd is charged with the murder.

Episode 3: The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito 1963-10-10 | 51 min This case has nothing to do with mosquitos but rather a hidden mine that could lead to a fortune. Plus murder.

Episode 13: The Case of the Wednesday Woman 1964-01-02 | 51 min A wife's ears perk up when an insurance investigator informs her that he has proof that her husband was wrongfully convicted of the crime for which he is imprisoned. Then the insurance investigator turns up dead. Goings on in an elevator highlight this episode.

Episode 2: The Case of the Shifty Shoebox 1963-10-03 | 51 min John Flickenger pulls off a carefully planned robbery without a hitch—until his young nephew finds the gun used in the heist.

Episode 14: The Case of the Accosted Accountant 1964-01-09 | 51 min Edward Lewis's increasingly bitter arguments with his father-in-law make him the suspect when the old goat is murdered.