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!

Released: 1936-10-31

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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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Ricardo Cortez

as Perry Mason

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June Travis

as Della Street

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Jane Bryan

as Wilma Laxter

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Craig Reynolds

as Frank Oafley

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Carlyle Moore Jr.

as Douglas Keene

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Bill Elliott

as Sam Laxter

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Nedda Harrigan

as Nurse Louise DeVoe

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Garry Owen

as Paul Drake

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Harry Davenport

as Peter Laxter

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George Rosener

as Charles Ashton

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Gordon Hart

as Dr. Jacobs

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Clarence Wilson

as Mr. Shuster

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Guy Usher

as District Attorney Hamilton Burger

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Lottie Williams

as Mrs. Pixley

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Harry Hayden

as Reverend Stillwell

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Earl Askam

as Desk Officer (uncredited)

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Don Downen

as Newsboy (uncredited)

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Kenneth Gibson

as Clerk (uncredited)

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Sol Gorss

as Poker Player (uncredited)

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Harrison Greene

as Worried Client (uncredited)

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