The Case of the Black Cat

The Case of the Black Cat

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

NR 1936 · 66 min · ★ 7.0 · 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

Directed by William C. McGann · Written by Erle Stanley Gardner

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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

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