Perry Mason: El caso del amor perdido

Raymond Burr congratulates Jean Simmons. She is about to be appointed a senator to fill a vacancy. However, a private detective tells her husband, Gene Barry, that unless he gets $30,000, he'll release proof that Miss Simmons had spent time in a mental institution a few years earlier. When the detective is found dead, and Mr. Barry's cigarette case and fingerprints are found in his room, Barry is on trial for murder. Good thing Perry Mason is a family friend. His clients are rendered innocent by his presence on a case, and random strangers confess in the courtroom.

It's the fourth TV movie that Raymond Burr starred in, reviving his handling of Erle Stanley Gardner's lawyer-sleuth from the classic TV show. He's still aided by Barbara Hale as Della Street, and there's some catty remarks between the two ladies. Donald Ogden Stiers plays the self-assured ADA who will get his surprise drubbing in court. The mystery is a good one and it's a pleasure to see these old pros going through their numbers.