The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
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Music director Heinz Eric Roemheld Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 8, 1937 (1937-06-08) Film series The Case of the Howling Dog Film Series Cast (Perry Mason), (Della Street), (Janice Alma Brownley), Linda Perry (Janice Seaton), (Gordon Bixler), (Philip Brownley)Similar movies Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom , Fanny & Alexander , Primal Fear , Ladyhawke , Becket , The Bishop's Wife |
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop is a 1937 drama film directed by William Clemens. It stars Donald Woods as Perry Mason and Ann Dvorak as Della Street, his secretary. Edward McWade plays the role of stuttering Bishop William Mallory. It is the sixth and final film in the Warner Bros. Perry Mason series. It is based on the novel The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1936) by Erle Stanley Gardner.
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Plot

Perry is asked by an Australian Bishop to take the case of a woman who was falsely accused of manslaughter 22 years ago. During his investigations Perry gets involved in another murder for which Ida, the woman he is supposed to free, gets arrested.
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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 Black Cat 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 Stuttering Bishop WikipediaThe Case of the Stuttering Bishop IMDb The Case of the Stuttering Bishop themoviedb.org