The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Advocaat Perry Mason wordt in het holst van de nacht naar het landhuis van invalide Peter Laxter geroepen om een document op te stellen om te voorkomen dat zijn kleindochter Wilma, die op het punt staat te trouwen, haar fortuin verliest bij een mogelijke toekomstige scheiding. Peter komt al snel om bij een mysterieuze brand en twee van zijn kleinzonen, Sam en Frank, erven zijn landgoed op voorwaarde dat ze voor de oude verzorger Schuster en de kat Clinker zorgen. Schuster wordt vervolgens dood aangetroffen in een kelder; en de diamanten van de familie Laxter ontbreken. Louise, de verpleegster van Peter, wordt ook dood aangetroffen, doodgeslagen met de kruk van Schuster.
Regiseur:
William C. McGann
Schrijver:
F. Hugh Herbert
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Ricardo Cortez as Perry Mason |
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June Travis as Della Street |
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Jane Bryan as Wilma Laxter |
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Craig Reynolds as Frank Oafley |
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Carlyle Moore Jr. as Douglas Keene |
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Bill Elliott as Sam Laxter |
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Nedda Harrigan as Nurse Louise DeVoe |
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Garry Owen as Paul Drake |
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Harry Davenport as Peter Laxter |
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George Rosener as Charles Ashton |
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Gordon Hart as Dr. Jacobs |
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Clarence Wilson as Mr. Shuster |
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Guy Usher as District Attorney Hamilton Burger |
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Lottie Williams as Mrs. Pixley |
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Harry Hayden as Reverend Stillwell |
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Earl Askam as Desk Officer (uncredited) |
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Don Downen as Newsboy (uncredited) |
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Kenneth Gibson as Clerk (uncredited) |
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Sol Gorss as Poker Player (uncredited) |
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Harrison Greene as Worried Client (uncredited) |
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Chuck Hamilton as Bailiff (uncredited) |
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Milton Kibbee as Brandon - Oafley's Butler (uncredited) |
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Paul Kruger as Reporter (uncredited) |
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John Marston as Judge Robert Fellows (uncredited) |
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Edward McWade as Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited) |
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Lyle Moraine as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Paul Panzer as Poker Player (uncredited) |
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Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as Mason's Driver (uncredited) |
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John Sheehan as Sergeant Holcomb (uncredited) |
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Billy Wayne as Poker Player (uncredited) |
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Claire White as Woman (uncredited) |
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Tom Wilson as Waffle Shop Construction Foreman (uncredited) |
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Frank Bruno as Construction Foreman (uncredited) |
| Art | Hugh Reticker | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milo Anderson | Costume Design |
| Editing | Frank Magee | Editor |
| Camera | Allen G. Siegler | Director of Photography |
| Writing | F. Hugh Herbert | Screenplay |
| Writing | Erle Stanley Gardner | Story |
| Directing | William C. McGann | Director |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld | Music |
| Production | Bryan Foy | Producer |
| Directing | Carroll Sax | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Sol Gorss | Stunts |
