THE CASE OF THE BLACK CAT.

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 L Baxter'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 the family fortune and diamonds are missing.

Credits

Cast
Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Guy Usher
Complete catalog record
THE CASE OF THE BLACK CAT. First National. 1936. 8 reels. Credits: Director, William McGann; story, Erle Stanley Gardner; screenplay, F. Hugh Herbert. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & The Vitaphone Corp.; 29Oct36; LP6673.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q3794776 ↗ — color, country