The Case of the Black Cat
1936/10/31 • Released • English
PERRY MASON'S BACK...and so are the thrills, suspense, and excitement of Erle Stanley Gardner's greatest mystery drama!
Overview
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious fire and Laxter's two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns Laxter's death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster's found dead in his basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial around. Written by Sister Grimm
Director : William C. McGann
Casts
Ricardo Cortez
Perry Mason
June Travis
Della Street
Jane Bryan
Wilma Laxter
Craig Reynolds
Frank Oafley
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Douglas Keene
Bill Elliott
Sam Laxter
Nedda Harrigan
Nurse Louise DeVoe
Garry Owen
Paul Drake
Harry Davenport
Peter Laxter
Clarence Wilson
Mr. Shuster
Guy Usher
District Attorney Hamilton Burger
Harry Hayden
Reverend Stillwell
Chuck Hamilton
Bailiff (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Brandon - Oafley's Butler (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Reporter (uncredited)
John Marston
Judge Robert Fellows (uncredited)
Edward McWade
Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Poker Player (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Mason's Driver (uncredited)
John Sheehan
Sergeant Holcomb (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Poker Player (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Waffle Shop Construction Foreman (uncredited)
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