Desc: Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel: Directed by Christian I. Nyby II. With Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Katt, Robert Guillaume. The editor of a tabloid fires his dynamic writer for working on a serious story he said no to. The editor has "dirt" on an Army General, his banker, and other "clients," all of whom make little-concealed verbal threats to him at a party.