律師偵探「佩瑞梅森」是小說家賈德納（Erle Stanley Gardner）於 1930 年代創造的人物，以替殺人冤犯洗清罪嫌出名。以他為主角的長篇短篇小說超過 80 本，其故事曾多次被改編成廣播劇、連載漫畫、電影，以及 1957 年至 1966 年播出九季的電視影集《梅森探案集》（Perry Mason）。

1940 film directed by Michael Curtiz

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.