A girl is picked up by a drunk driver who hits a truck and escapes. When the girl is charged with manslaughter, her best friend plays spy for Perry Mason to find out how a movie producer is involved.
Perry represents an Army sergeant accused of shooting his superior officer, who may have been involved with a notorious payroll robbery in the Philippines.
A young man takes over the duties of the sheriff, who is out of town.
Notorious killer Charlie Gordo is being held in the North Fork jail. When word gets around that Gordo's gang is on its way to free him, the whole town becomes frightened and leaves Lucas, Marshal Torrance and Nils to stand up to the gang alone.
Mark and Milly are shocked when Lucas begins gambling. They don't know that Lucas is "undercover" trying to catch a man cheating.