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Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Crime, Mystery, Drama

Country
  
United States

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Director
  
William C. McGann Alan Crosland (uncredited)

Release date
  
October 31, 1936 (1936-10-31) (U.S.)

Based on
  
the novel The Case of the Caretakers Cat by Erle Stanley Gardner (uncredited)

Writer
  
Erle Stanley Gardner (story), F. Hugh Herbert (screen play)

Directors
  
William C. McGann, Alan Crosland

Film series
  
The Case of the Howling Dog Film Series

Production
  
Warner Bros. Entertainment

Cast
  
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)

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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.

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Plot

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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.

Cast

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  • Ricardo Cortez as Perry Mason
  • June Travis as Della Street
  • Jane Bryan as Wilma Laxter
  • Gordon Elliott as Sam Laxter
  • Harry Davenport as Peter Laxter

    • Home media

    On October 23, 2012, Warner Home Video released the film on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection alongside The Case of the Howling Dog, The Case of the Curious Bride, The Case of the Lucky Legs, The Case of the Velvet Claws and The Case of the Stuttering Bishop in a set entitled Perry Mason: The Original Warner Bros. Movies Collection. This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.

    References

    The Case of the Black Cat Wikipedia
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