Watch Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 36: The Case of the Prodigal Parent Online

	IMDB Rating: 8.3/10 from votes
	Release: 1958 / Perry Mason / Season 1 / Episode 36
	Genre: Crime \| Drama \| Mystery
	Director: Arthur Marks
	Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper
	Synopsis: At an import/export company secretary Lorraine Stevens working a bit late is again asked by Philip Larkin for a date but she refuses after a heated argument about his intentions. Later, Lorraine goes to a jewelry store to pick up a package as asked in a note but they have no package. She tries calling her bosses with no luck as the store prepares to close. About the same time Joseph Harrison is in the hose of his ex-wife with the body of Philip who has been shot. He leaves but returns later to find the police investigating. His prints are found on the gun case for the WWI German gun used but not on the gun itself. After he is arrested, his ex-wife Ethel Harrison visits Perry to hire him to defend her ex-husband for her son's murder which Perry and Della find strange. A piece of film turns up showing Joseph hitting Philip adding to the evidence but Mrs. Harrison has disappeared with both Burger and Perry looking for her. No one will talk and Paul is having no luck as Perry must deduce ...