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The Case of the Black Cat

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Calorie Rating: 93
Released: 1936-10-31
Running Time: 66 Minutes
Studios: First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures,


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

Director / Directors

Carroll Sax
Assistant Director


Cast

Ricardo Cortez
Character: Perry Mason
June Travis
Character: Della Street
Jane Bryan
Character: Wilma Laxter

Craig Reynolds
Character: Frank Oafley
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Character: Douglas Keene
Bill Elliott
Character: Sam Laxter

Nedda Harrigan
Character: Nurse Louise DeVoe
Garry Owen
Character: Paul Drake
Harry Davenport
Character: Peter Laxter

George Rosener
Character: Charles Ashton
Gordon Hart
Character: Dr. Jacobs
Clarence Wilson
Character: Mr. Shuster

Guy Usher
Character: District Attorney Hamilton Burger
Lottie Williams
Character: Mrs. Pixley
Harry Hayden
Character: Reverend Stillwell

Earl Askam
Character: Desk Officer (uncredited)
Don Downen
Character: Newsboy (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Character: Clerk (uncredited)

Sol Gorss
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Character: Worried Client (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Character: Bailiff (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee
Character: Brandon - Oafley's Butler (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
John Marston
Character: Judge Robert Fellows (uncredited)

Edward McWade
Character: Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Lyle Moraine
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Character: Mason's Driver (uncredited)
John Sheehan
Character: Sergeant Holcomb (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)

Claire White
Character: Woman (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Character: Waffle Shop Construction Foreman (uncredited)
Frank Bruno
Character: Construction Foreman (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Allen G. Siegler
Director of Photography

Hugh Reticker
Art Direction
Milo Anderson
Costume Design

Bryan Foy
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer