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The Case of the Curious Bride is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Curtiz released in USA on 13 april 1935 with Warren William
The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
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Add to a movie listThe Case of the Curious Bride is a 1935 mystery film, the second in a series starring Warren William as Perry Mason, following The Case of the Howling Dog. The script was based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner, published by William Morrow and Company, which proved to be one of the most popular of all the Perry Mason novels.
The movie marked Errol Flynn's first appearance in a Hollywood film. He appears twice, as a corpse and in flashback towards the end.
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Rhoda Montaine learns that her first husband, Gregory Moxley, is still alive, which makes things awkward for her, since she has remarried Carl, the son of wealthy C. Phillip Montaine. She turns to Perry Mason for help, but when he goes to see Moxley, he finds only his corpse. Rhoda is arrested for murder.Actors
Warren William
(Perry Mason)
Margaret Lindsay
(Rhoda)
Donald Woods
(Carl)
Claire Dodd
(Della Street)
Allen Jenkins
(Spudsy)
Perry Mason
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