9 Season
271 Episode
Perry Mason - Season 4 Episode 22 The Case of the Cowardly Lion
Almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances.
Hilde Fursten and Tony Osgood work at the San Diego Zoo. When a new baby monkey is found missing, Hilde Fursten is blamed by Dr. Walther Braun, a visiting dentist. Boris Zelbowski also works at the zoo and is dating Frieda Crawson, Dr. Braun's nurse. That evening, Dr. Braun arrives at the zoo to perform oral surgery on a lion and is found dead in the lion's cage. Tony Osgood is accused of the murder when a witness sees someone wearing Tony's blue sportcoat near the lion's cage at the time.
- 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