Perry Mason is hired to locate a stolen photograph which has vital bearing on a sinister struggle for control of a boat building firm.
Perry's client seeking advice on breaking a contract is suspected of murder.
A man wrongfully imprisoned for embezzlement is released, but is then accused of killing the person responsible for putting him behind bars in the first place.
A worthless movie contract drives a glamor girl into hiding. Mason, asked to find her, finds more than he bargained for, including a romantic triangle and murder.
The usual courtroom battle between Mason and District Attorney Hamilton Burger can't take place as Burger has himself disqualified because the defendant, Mason's client, is a good friend of his.