The Case of the Black Cat
The Case of the Black Cat
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
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Harry Hayden
as Reverend Stillwell
Billy Wayne
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Craig Reynolds
as Frank Oafley
Bill Elliott
as Sam Laxter
Edward McWade
as Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
Harry Davenport
as Peter Laxter
Paul Kruger
as Reporter (uncredited)
John Marston
as Judge Robert Fellows (uncredited)
Ricardo Cortez
as Perry Mason
Jane Bryan
as Wilma Laxter
Guy Usher
as District Attorney Hamilton Burger
Tom Wilson
as Waffle Shop Construction Foreman (uncredited)
Nedda Harrigan
as Nurse Louise DeVoe
Garry Owen
as Paul Drake
Milton Kibbee
as Brandon - Oafley's Butler (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
as Mason's Driver (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.
as Douglas Keene
Clarence Wilson
as Mr. Shuster
John Sheehan
as Sergeant Holcomb (uncredited)
June Travis
as Della Street
Paul Panzer
as Poker Player (uncredited)
