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6.2/10   130 votes
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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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User Comments:
Excellent! more

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
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Vitaphone)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #2446)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Stuart Holmes is in studio records/casting call lists as "Manager", but he does not appear. 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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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent!, 14 October 2003
Author: David Lynch from Peoria, Arizona

Excellent pre-Raymond Burr filming of a Perry Mason novel! I was lucky enough to see this on TCM (since it isn't on video). At first I wasn't expecting much, but found Ricardo Cortez to be an excellent Perry Mason! Why Warner Brothers didn't keep him for other movies in the series I don't know! That's probably why Perry Mason wasn't that successful until the tv series came along. It would be nice to see this title on DVD.

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