Directed by:
Christian I. Nyby IIComposer:
Dick De BenedictisCast:
Yaphet Kotto, David Ogden Stiers, Barbara Hale, Raymond Burr, William Katt, Robert Guillaume, Morgan Brittany, Wings Hauser, George Grizzard, Dennis Hayden, Victor Morris, James McEachin (more)Plots(1)
Perry is sueing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and Della. The editor also has "dirt" files on an Army General, his banker and other "clients". All of them make little-concealed verbal threats to him at a party but the person that hated him most is a female reporter who the editor had just fired from the paper for attempting to write a serious story. She threatens him and soon after the editor is found, floating in his pool, shot. The reporter is arrested for the crime and Perry, who has a personal stake in this matter, with the aid of Della and Paul set out to solve the mystery. But the other suspects just want the case over with and will go to any lengths to protect their pasts and their secrets. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Yaphet Kotto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267603_aae24d.jpg)
Yaphet Kotto
USA
![David Ogden Stiers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270380_b78456.jpg)
David Ogden Stiers
USA
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
The Last of His Tribe (1992) (TV movie)
![Barbara Hale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792683_16454e.jpg)
Barbara Hale
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
The Window (1949)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
![Raymond Burr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271618_bf036f.jpg)
Raymond Burr
Canada
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
![William Katt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271635_c03d4a.jpg)
William Katt
USA
Best movies:
The Man from Earth (2007)
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997)
Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
![Robert Guillaume](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276325_9e56b6.jpg)
Robert Guillaume
USA
Best movies:
The Lion King (1994)
Big Fish (2003)
North and South (1985) (series)
![Morgan Brittany](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354467_ca6372.jpg)
Morgan Brittany
USA
Best movies:
The Birds (1963)
Death Car on the Freeway (1979) (TV movie)
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
![Wings Hauser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/583/164583260_98c597.jpg)
Wings Hauser
USA
Best movies:
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
The Insider (1999)
A Soldier's Story (1984)
![George Grizzard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160018_584e78.jpg)
George Grizzard
USA
Best movies:
Advise and Consent (1962)
From the Terrace (1960)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
![Dennis Hayden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/460/460099_610a44.jpg)
Dennis Hayden
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Revenge on the Highway (1992) (TV movie)
Trucker (2008)
![Victor Morris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/488/488831_807110.jpg)
Victor Morris
West Germany
Best movies:
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Restless (2011)
Gone (2012)
![James McEachin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426759_46bb19.gif)
James McEachin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Lawyer (1970)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
![René Enríquez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525895_822e1e.jpg)
René Enríquez
USA
Best movies:
Serpico (1973)
Bananas (1971)
Harry and Tonto (1974)
![Kerrie Keane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/522/162522302_9c3d1d.jpg)
Kerrie Keane
Canada
Best movies:
Kung Fu: The Movie (1986) (TV movie)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991) (TV movie)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987) (TV movie)
![Wiley Harker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/722/162722461_0c6651.jpg)
Wiley Harker
Best movies:
The Straight Story (1999)
V (1983) (TV movie)
Guilty Conscience (1985) (TV movie)
G. Larry Butler
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
American Flyers (1985)
Eagle Eye (2008)
Eugene Butler
USA
Best movies:
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993) (TV movie)
Susan Wilder
Best movies:
Unbreakable (2000)
Big (1988)
Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland (2017) (TV movie)