The Case of the Black Cat
31/10/1936
1h 6m
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
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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