In a press release from a couple of days ago, the Starz Encore Mystery channel announced it had acquired all 30 Perry Mason made-for-television films from CBS.
Raymond Burr starred as Perry Mason, a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney, for nine seasons from 1957 through 1966 on CBS. Nearly 20 years after the series ended, it returned to network television as 30 films, which aired on an irregular basis between between 1985 and 1995. The first of these, titled simply Perry Mason Returns, again starred Burr as the attorney, a role he would play in 26 of these films, until his death in 1993. Four subsequent films under the Perry Mason banner were produced, one starring Paul Sorvino and three starring Hal Holbrook.
Perry Mason was created by Erle Stanley Gardner, who wrote over 80 novels featuring the attorney.
Encore Mystery plans to start airing the films on September 6th, with a Labor Day Marathon.
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Encore Mystery Acquires Perry Mason Movies
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