"Perry Mason" was a one-hour television program which ran on the CBS television network from 1957 to 1966. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who specializes in defending people accused of murder. He is assisted by his secretary Della Street (Barbara Hale), and private investigator Paul Drake (William Hopper). The district attorney who prosecutes the cases is Hamilton Burger (William Talman) who is assisted by police lieutenant Arthur Tragg (Ray Collins). Some stories were adapted from mystery novels written by Erle Stanley Gardner and others were written for the program. The program followed a formula where Perry's clients are always innocent, and the "real killer" confesses at the end.

This episode is titled "The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein" and was first broadcast on November 28, 1965. Perry Mason and his assistants Della Street and Paul Drake find themselves in East Berlin negotiating with the authorities to exchange a famous professor for the professor's grandaughter. At one point Perry and Paul visit a West Berlin restaurant where a roving violinist approaches them. Perry pulls out a US Morgan silver dollar and lays it on the table. The musician picks the coin up and gives Perry a note.

Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) meets with Professor Hans Ritter (Wolfe Barzell) and his wife Emma Ritter (Jeanette Nolan).

The professor and his wife immigrated to America after World War II ended and Prof. Ritter has become a well known scientist ("someone like Einstein"). A German woman, Gerta (Susanne Cramer), has come to America with information that Prof. Ritter has a ten-year old granddaughter, Elke (Eileen Baral), living in the Soviet-backed German Democratic Republic (GDR), also known as "East Germany". Professor Ritter has been approached by GDR agents offering to allow Elke to leave the GDR if the professor will move to the country. Prof. Ritter approaches attorney Perry Mason about his situation and Perry offers to go to Berlin to negotiate with the East Germans.

Paul Drake (William Hopper), Perry Mason (Raymond Burr), and Della Street (Barbara Hale) discuss the case. The three fly to Berlin, meet Samuel Carleton (Kevin Hagen), a "tour guide" who offers to introduce Perry to GDR officials and to take Perry to meet Elke at her school.

Perry gives Elke a doll but the school teacher tells Elke to give it back to Perry. Back in West Berlin, Perry and Paul visit a restaurant and a roving violinist approaches them.

The musician indicates that he recognizes Perry and Perry pulls out a US silver dollar.

Perry puts the coin on the table.

The obverse of a US Morgan silver dollar shows.. Perry and Paul return to East Berlin to meet Wolfgang Stromm (Gregory Morton), a GDR official.

Another East Germany offical is found dead and Emma Ritter is arrested for murder and given a quick trial at a GDR court.

Prof. Ritter testifies for the defense and begins to mumble nonsense and singing "Silent Night". Believing that he has had a breakdown, the officials send him to be examined by psychiatrists. Perry attends a meeting with Stromm, Gerta, and Carleton. He points out that the GDR will have a hard time recruiting foreign scientists because of what happened to Prof. Ritter.

Perry names Greta as the real killer of the offical and the GDR officials allow Prof. Ritter, his wife, and Elke to go to West Berlin. As expected, the professor makes a quick recovery from his "breakdown".

Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
Barbara Hale as Della Street
William Hopper as Paul Drake
Wolfe Barzell as Professor Hans Ritter
Jeanette Nolan as Emma Ritter
Susanne Cramer as Gerta
Eileen Baral as Elke
Director: Arthur Marks
Writers: Erle Stanley Gardner, Jonathan Latimer