The Case of the Black Cat

Lawyer Perry 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. Schuster's found dead in his basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial around. Written by Sister Grimm

Cast

Ricardo Cortez

as Perry Mason

June Travis

as Della Street

Jane Bryan

as Wilma Laxter

Craig Reynolds

as Frank Oafley

Carlyle Moore Jr.

as Douglas Keene

Bill Elliott

as Sam Laxter

Nedda Harrigan

as Nurse Louise DeVoe

Garry Owen

as Paul Drake

Harry Davenport

as Peter Laxter

George Rosener

as Charles Ashton

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