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The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

NR ★ 7.0/10 66 min Crime, Mystery United States English
Screenplay by: F. Hugh Herbert
Story by: Erle Stanley Gardner
Streaming: Not available
PERRY MASON'S BACK...and so are the thrills, suspense, and excitement of Erle Stanley Gardner's greatest mystery drama!

Description

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

Top Cast

Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo Cortez Perry Mason
June Travis
June Travis Della Street
Jane Bryan
Jane Bryan Wilma Laxter
Craig Reynolds
Craig Reynolds Frank Oafley
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Carlyle Moore Jr. Douglas Keene
Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott Sam Laxter
Nedda Harrigan
Nedda Harrigan Nurse Louise DeVoe
Garry Owen
Garry Owen Paul Drake

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