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The Case of the Velvet Claws

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Director
  
William Clemens

Story by
  
Erle Stanley Gardner

Country
  
United States

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Case of the Velvet Claws movie poster

Release date
  
August 15, 1936

Based on
  
Perry Mason bibliography

Writer
  
Tom Reed (screenplay), Erle Stanley Gardner (novel)

Film series
  
The Case of the Howling Dog Film Series

Cast
  
Warren William
(Perry Mason),
Claire Dodd
(Della Street),
Wini Shaw
(Eva Belter (as Winifred Shaw)),
Bill Elliott
(Carl Griffin),
Joe King
(George C. Belter),
Addison Richards
(Frank Locke)

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The Case of the Velvet Claws is a 1936 mystery film, based on the first Perry Mason novel by Erle Stanley Gardner and featuring the fourth and final appearance of Warren William as defense attorney Mason. Mason finally marries his longtime secretary Della Street, but has to cut their honeymoon short in order to defend a woman accused of murder.

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The Case of the Velvet Claws movie scenes

Cast

  • Warren William as Perry Mason
  • Claire Dodd as Della Street Mason
  • Wini Shaw as Eva Belter (as Winifred Shaw)
  • Bill Elliott as Carl Griffin (as Gordon Elliott)
  • Joe King as George C. Belter (as Joseph King)
  • Addison Richards as Frank Locke
  • Eddie Acuff as Spudsy Drake
  • Olin Howland as Wilbur Strong
  • Dick Purcell as Crandal
  • Kenneth Harlan as Peter Milnor
  • Clara Blandick as Judge Mary F. O'Daugherty

    • 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 Black Cat 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 Velvet Claws Wikipedia
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    The Case of the Velvet Claws IMDb The Case of the Velvet Claws themoviedb.org