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The Case of the Black Cat is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alan Crosland released in USA on 31 october 1936 with Ricardo Cortez

The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

The Case of the Black Cat
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Released in USA 31 october 1936
Length 1h6
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating62% 3.14853.14853.14853.14853.1485

The Case of the Black Cat is a 1936 mystery film, based on the novel The Case of the Caretaker's Cat by Erle Stanley Gardner. The film stars Ricardo Cortez as Perry Mason, and co-stars June Travis and Jane Bryan. The film is the first in the series not to feature Warren William as Mason.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Ricardo Cortez

(Perry Mason)June Travis

(Della Street)Jane Bryan

(Wilma Laxter)Craig Reynolds

(Frank Oafley)Gordon Elliott

(Sam Laxter)
And :
Harry Davenport
Paul Panzer
Wild Bill Elliott
George Rosener
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