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
Crew
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Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
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Sol Gorss
Stunts
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Hugh Reticker
Art Direction
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F. Hugh Herbert
Screenplay
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Bryan Foy
Producer
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Erle Stanley Gardner
Story
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Heinz Roemheld
Music
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William C. McGann
Director
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Carroll Sax
Assistant Director
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Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
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Frank Magee
Editor
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Allen G. Siegler
Director of Photography
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Milo Anderson
Costume Design
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