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Perry Mason - Season One, Vol. 1

starring: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, Willian Talman, William Hopper
directed by: Robert Ellis Miller, Ted Post, James Goldstone, Jack Arnold, Don Weis

: Perry Mason - Season One, Vol. 1
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097368878143
Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Paramount/CBS
Manufacturer: Paramount/CBS
Number Of Discs: 5
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Paramount/CBS
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Running Time: 60 minutes
Sales Rank: 3406
Studio: Paramount/CBS
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1957



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Album Description:
Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, he often finds that by digging deeply into the facts, startling facts can be revealed. Often relying on his outstanding courtroom skills, he often tricks or traps people into unwittingly admitting their guilt. The series began in 1957, running until 1974, and later revived in a series of TV movies. In over 270 episodes, Perry never lost a case!

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There was a time when the defense attorney was a heroic everyman, not the butt of bad jokes; think Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, and, of course, Raymond Burr's incomparable Perry Mason. The first season of Perry Mason, which launched in 1957 on CBS, shows just how dramatic a 'law and order' show could be. Shot in lush black and white, on film, the episodes have been lovingly restored (including lost minutes hacked from reruns to accommodate commercials). The story arcs and atmosphere feel more like film noir (Perry Mason + Philip Marlowe = separated at birth?) than early TV. The cast was stellar, including Burr's Emmy-winning Perry Mason, the indefatigable lawyer who takes tough cases no one else will touch. Burr's chemistry crackles from episode 1 with his costars, including Barbara Hale as secretary Della, William Hopper as private detective Paul Drake, and William Talman as Hamilton Burger, the well-meaning but overmatched district attorney. While it's true that the last-minute witness-stand confessions strain some credulity, the case-cracking, character development, and dialogue set a high bar for the legal shows that followed. 'The Case of the Negligent Nymph,' for instance, involves a comely young woman--and murder suspect--fished out of the Pacific; Mason deadpans to Drake, 'Call off the search, Paul; we've landed our mermaid.' The shows unfold at a leisurely pace, and yet don't rely on the overly expositive dialogue that, say, Law & Order does; the viewer learns a lot about each case simply as it happens. The set contains the first 19 episodes of the first season and will hook you, even if you're not a procedural buff. --A.T. Hurley



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good vintage TV
If you like good solid TV, where the good guys get off and the bad guys get punished, you'll love ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - I love it, but Ramond Burr is the whole show in this first season
I'm old enough to have watched the last couple of seasons of Perry Mason when they were first on, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Perry Mason Season 1 Volume 1
This is wonderful. It is in the original B&W. Because the jacket is in color, I thought it was a ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Indict me Please Mr Mason
Perry Mason, a mans man, a lawyer to die for, or without. Perry Mason always had something up his sleeve. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Perry Mason---A Childhood TV Hero
I think Raymond Burr and Perry Mason inspired a generation. My earliest childhood memories include sitting ... Read More

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