The Case of the Black Cat

The Case of the Black Cat
1936CrimeMystery66 mins
★★★★★

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, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in ... read more

  • William C. McGann

    Director

  • F. Hugh Herbert

    Screenplay

  • Erle Stanley Gardner

    Story

  • Allen G. Siegler

    Director of Photography

  • Frank Magee

    Editor

  • 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)

    • Runtime

    66 minutes

    Released

    1936-10-31

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    First National Pictures

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Sound

  • Heinz Roemheld

    Music

    • Updated

    18 days ago

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