The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

  • NR
  • 10/24/1936 (US)
  • Crime, Mystery
  • 1h 6m

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

Erle Stanley Gardner

Story

F. Hugh Herbert

Screenplay

William C. McGann

Director

Cast

Ricardo Cortez's headshot

Ricardo Cortez

Perry Mason
June Travis's headshot

June Travis

Della Street
Jane Bryan's headshot

Jane Bryan

Wilma Laxter
Craig Reynolds's headshot

Craig Reynolds

Frank Oafley
Carlyle Moore Jr.'s headshot

Carlyle Moore Jr.

Douglas Keene
Bill Elliott's headshot

Bill Elliott

Sam Laxter
Nedda Harrigan's headshot

Nedda Harrigan

Nurse Louise DeVoe
Garry Owen's headshot

Garry Owen

Paul Drake

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