Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

At TV station KGGY, news anchor Brett Huston (John James) does not have many friends amongst his colleagues as he holds secrets on all of them, including his bosses, and as such struts around the place like he owns the place, antagonizing others especially Gillian Pope (Kerrie Keane) by doing what he likes. When Brett is murdered in the parking lot with a gun belonging to Gillian she finds herself arrested and calling on the services of Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) and his team to defend her.

The background of news and reporting makes this rather routine Perry Mason TV film interesting - it might run to the formula, but, like all Perry Mason TV films, they are entertaining. There's some good chases featuring William R Moses, and a fine twist ending, though the explanation can be convoluted and a bit confusing. Plus I felt the identity of the murderer wasn't very convincing. It felt a bit forced just to make it surprising.