The Case of the Black Cat

The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

PERRY MASON'S BACK...and so are the thrills, suspense, and excitement of Erle Stanley Gardner's greatest mystery drama!

Crime Mystery

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

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  • Release Date: 1936-10-31
  • Runtime: 1h 6min
  • Director: William C. McGann

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    • Cast

    • 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

    • George Rosener

      Charles Ashton

    • Gordon Hart

      Dr. Jacobs

    • Clarence Wilson

      Mr. Shuster

    • Guy Usher

      District Attorney Hamilton Burger

    • Lottie Williams

      Mrs. Pixley

    • Harry Hayden

      Reverend Stillwell

    • Earl Askam

      Desk Officer (uncredited)

    • Don Downen

      Newsboy (uncredited)

    • Kenneth Gibson

      Clerk (uncredited)

    • Sol Gorss

      Poker Player (uncredited)

    • Harrison Greene

      Worried Client (uncredited)

    • 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)

    • Lyle Moraine

      Reporter (uncredited)

    • Paul Panzer

      Poker Player (uncredited)

    • Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

      Mason's Driver (uncredited)

    • John Sheehan

      Sergeant Holcomb (uncredited)

    • Billy Wayne

      Poker Player (uncredited)

    • Claire White

      Woman (uncredited)

    • Tom Wilson

      Waffle Shop Construction Foreman (uncredited)

    • Frank Bruno

      Construction Foreman (uncredited)

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