9 Season
271 Episode
Perry Mason - Season 4 Episode 23 The Case of the Torid Tapestry
Almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances.
Hard luck Claude Demay was sent up for six years in prison for starting a fire in a warehouse containing the valuable Nathan Claver art collection. After his release, Demay devises a plan to expose the real criminal, Leonard Voss, and prove his innocence. He tediously weaves a perfect imitation of a valuable tapestry supposedly lost in the fire and barters this tapestry to Voss in exchange for an original Buddah statue. Demay knows that the statue will prove that the collection was not destroyed in the fire and will expose Voss as the real criminal. Unfortunately, Voss is murdered before the trade takes place and Demay is arrested for another crime he didn't commit.
- Year: 1966
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Mystery, Drama, Crime
- Studio: CBS
- Keyword: detective, based on novel or book, lawyer, los angeles, california, criminal lawyer
- Director: Erle Stanley Gardner
- Cast: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins