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The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

ALL 10/31/1936 (en) Crime, Mystery 66 Min
  • Release
    10/31/1936
  • Production
    First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    66%
  • Original title
    The Case of the Black Cat
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

  3. Frank Magee

    Editor

  4. Bryan Foy

    Producer



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  1. Ricardo Cortez

    Perry Mason

  2. June Travis

    Della Street

  3. Jane Bryan

    Wilma Laxter

  4. Craig Reynolds

    Frank Oafley

  5. Carlyle Moore Jr.

    Douglas Keene

  6. Bill Elliott

    Sam Laxter

  7. Nedda Harrigan

    Nurse Louise DeVoe

  8. Garry Owen

    Paul Drake

  9. Harry Davenport

    Peter Laxter

  10. George Rosener

    Charles Ashton

  11. Gordon Hart

    Dr. Jacobs

  12. Clarence Wilson

    Mr. Shuster

  13. Guy Usher

    District Attorney Hamilton Burger

  14. Lottie Williams

    Mrs. Pixley

  15. Harry Hayden

    Reverend Stillwell

  16. Earl Askam

    Desk Officer (uncredited)

  17. Don Downen

    Newsboy (uncredited)

  18. Kenneth Gibson

    Clerk (uncredited)

  19. Sol Gorss

    Poker Player (uncredited)

  20. Harrison Greene

    Worried Client (uncredited)

  21. Chuck Hamilton

    Bailiff (uncredited)

  22. Milton Kibbee

    Brandon - Oafley's Butler (uncredited)

  23. Paul Kruger

    Reporter (uncredited)

  24. John Marston

    Judge Robert Fellows (uncredited)

  25. Edward McWade

    Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)

  26. Lyle Moraine

    Reporter (uncredited)

  27. Paul Panzer

    Poker Player (uncredited)

  28. Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

    Mason's Driver (uncredited)

  29. John Sheehan

    Sergeant Holcomb (uncredited)

  30. Billy Wayne

    Poker Player (uncredited)

  31. Claire White

    Woman (uncredited)

  32. Tom Wilson

    Waffle Shop Construction Foreman (uncredited)

  33. Frank Bruno

    Construction Foreman (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 13

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The Case of the Black Cat (1936) 66 Min

ALL 10/31/1936 (en)
Crime, Mystery
  • Release 10/31/1936
  • Production
    First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Original title The Case of the Black Cat
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

  1. William C. McGann

    Director

  2. Erle Stanley Gardner

    Story

  3. Frank Magee

    Editor

  4. Bryan Foy

    Producer



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