 Veronica Dale (Carol Leigh) hitches a ride toward Los Angeles with Edgar Ferrell (Paul Cavanagh), who makes an unsuccessful pass at her. When she arrives in LA, she gets a job with movie producer John Addison s (Robert Ellenstein) company. To complicate matters, Addison is having an affair with Ferrell s wife Lorraine (Catherine McLeod). Ferrell is murdered, and Addison is charged with the crime. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) must untangle all the threads.