Episode: The Case of the Lame Canary

Airdate: September 21, 1957

Role: Jimmy McLain

Synopsis: Walter Prescott tries to extort all his wife Ruth's money to give her a divorce. As she leaves, a truck almost runs her down, instead crashing into a car and injuring the passenger, a man named Walden. The truck driver, Harry Jonson, and Prescott drive Walden to the hospital. Meanwhile, Ruth goes to Jimmy McLain's apartment where she finds an empty shoulder holster. She rushes back home to find Prescott dead and her pet canary injured. She burns some love letters, takes a gun from the floor and is discovered by Margaret Swaine, Walter's secretary. Ruth consults Perry Mason and is later charged with Prescott's murder. After Walden is found murdered, Perry must use all his legal wiles to defend his client and solve the mystery.