Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Steineded How sad is this?

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

theoshul If you like Raymond Burr's beautiful, velvety voice and commanding stage presence, check out the great, recently-deceased operatic basso Kurt Moll. They might have been identical twins!This, for instance.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQkgZ-pz1Ahttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241075/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1a

smk_films I remember this series when I was a kid. It was great back then. I recently purchased the full series and Wow.... It's great. I see the suggestion of re-making this series. Please Don't!!! Call it something else... Do not do another Hollywood Re-make and screw up of a classic. Why re-do the Mona Lisa in chalk. Anyway, if you are contemplating getting a great series from the 60's, this is the one. Raymond Burr was a skillful and polished actor. Do enjoy it...

Aaron1375 I saw this show quite a lot when I was younger. The basic premise of the show is someone was usually on trail for committing a heinous crime, person gets Perry Mason to defend him, Perry uses his investigative team and skills as a lawyer to not only get this person acquitted of the charges, but also get the person responsible to stand up in the middle of the courtroom and screaming about how they are the one's responsible. Usually made for an entertaining hour of television though not exactly realistic as the prosecutor Burger always lost. I am afraid to say if the prosecutor had a losing record against one attorney not only would he be terminated or sent somewhere else, but also all the police that worked these cases would probably need to be retrained. Seriously, how does one defense attorney get case after case of innocent clients? I do believe he actually lost one case initially and then won the appeals or something. The show though was entertaining for what it was, Raymond Burr played the title character very well and made the show enjoyable. There was humor interjected within it as well so a nice well rounded show.

bigdave5472 I was three years old when first episodes aired. I have been watching then in syndication most of my life. I try to watch an episode every morning on a local station, and watch additional episodes on tape and DVD most days. I enjoy seeing the various lifestyles depicted, from extreme wealthy to middle-class and bluecollar to down and out. The story lines are often very clever.In the way of criticism, I must admit that the quality went downhill as the series went on. Near the end, episodes were being recycled, and the re-telling was definitely not an improvement.In watching the episodes over and over as I do, I began to realize that the same actors were used in different roles, and it becomes a distraction.Also the writers were not often very creative in naming the characters. On occasion they did a great job like in naming the character Johnny Starr, but more often the same names are used over and over for similar but different characters. For example there are several teenage stepdaughters named Helen in episode after episode. The name Walsh is used over and again, as are other names.The producers sometimes took liberties with automobiles, and seem to think the viewers would not notice if an accident victim drove to the cliff in one car, and then went down the ravine in a different one.It was early television, starting in 1957, and these problems may be a little annoying but I am willing to overlook them and just enjoy the nostalgia.