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Writers:
Erle Stanley Gardner (story)
F. Hugh Herbert (screenplay)
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Release Date:
31 October 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Mystery | Drama more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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Ricardo Cortez made an extremely charming Perry Mason more (15 total)

Cast

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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 (as Gordon Elliott)
Nedda Harrigan ... Nurse Louise DeVoe
Garry Owen ... Paul Drake
Harry Davenport ... Peter Laxter
George Rosener ... Charles Ashton, Laxter's caretaker
Gordon Hart ... Dr. Jacobs
Clarence Wilson ... Mr. Shuster
Guy Usher ... District Attorney Hamilton Burger
Lottie Williams ... Mrs. Pixley, Laxter's housekeeper
Harry Hayden ... Reverend Stillwell
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (USA) (working title)
The Curse of the Black Cat (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
66 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Vitaphone)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #2446)
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Alan Crosland (I) died during filming, and was replaced by William C. McGann. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The so-called "black" cat of the title is, in fact, a grey and white spotted one. more
Movie Connections:
Version of "Perry Mason: The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (#2.19)" (1959) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Ricardo Cortez made an extremely charming Perry Mason, 3 October 2005
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Author: Sharclon8 from United States

I admit that I am a hopeless Perry Mason fan. When I was a girl, our family gathered around the TV set every Friday to watch Raymond Burr outwit Hamilton Burger. So when I had a chance to buy the DVD for this movie from e-bay I did it thinking it would be a B movie and that was that. I was very agreeably surprised. Ricardo Cortez made a very, very charming Perry Mason. My first introduction to Mr. Cortez was in an old Bette Davis movie wherein he played a snaky villain. We forget that in those days they had such a thing as good acting so I just thought he was the quiet, sneaky type. But in this Perry Mason movie he is utterly adorable. And it has a pretty fair plot too with quite a neat surprise at the end. I agree with the other comment I too do not understand why they did not make other movies with Mr. Cortez in this role.

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