TV series
Perry Mason
Overview
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.
Details
- First air date
- 2020-06-21
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 16 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Crime
- Network
- HBO
- Production
- Team Downey, Dwight Street Book Club, Inflatable Moose Co., AMBEG Screen Products, HBO
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason
- Juliet Rylance as Della Street
- Chris Chalk as Paul Drake
- Shea Whigham as Pete Strickland
- Diarra Kilpatrick as Clara Drake
- Eric Lange as Detective Gene Holcomb
- Justin Kirk as Hamilton Burger
- Gayle Rankin as Emily Dodson
- Molly Ephraim as Hazel Prystock
- Tatiana Maslany as Sister Alice McKeegan
- John Lithgow as Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan
- Katherine Waterston as Ginny Aimes
Creators and crew
- Rolin Jones - Creator
- Ron Fitzgerald - Creator
- Susan Downey - Executive Producer
- Joe Horaceck - Executive Producer
- Amanda Burrell - Executive Producer
- Robert Downey Jr. - Executive Producer
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