The Case of the Black Cat [158114]
Released: 1936-10-31
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 66 mins
Popularity: 0.3915
Vote Average: 6.6
Vote Count: 7
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

Cast [33]
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 Ha
Lottie Williams
Mrs. Pixley
Harry Hayden
Reverend Stillwell
Earl Askam
Desk Officer
Don Downen
Newsboy
Kenneth Gibson
Clerk
Sol Gorss
Poker Player
Harrison Greene
Worried Client
Chuck Hamilton
Bailiff
Milton Kibbee
Brandon - Oafley's B
Paul Kruger
Reporter
John Marston
Judge Robert Fellows
Edward McWade
Keene's Apartment Ma
Lyle Moraine
Reporter
Paul Panzer
Poker Player
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Mason's Driver
John Sheehan
Sergeant Holcomb
Billy Wayne
Poker Player
Claire White
Woman
Tom Wilson
Waffle Shop Construc
Frank Bruno
Construction Foreman

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