74 minutes
9/22/1934
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
Warren William
as Perry Mason
Mary Astor
as Bessie Foley
Allen Jenkins
as Sgt. Holcomb
Grant Mitchell
as District Attorney Claude Drumm
Helen Trenholme
as Della Street
Helen Lowell
as Elizabeth Walker
Dorothy Tree
as Lucy Benton
Gordon Westcott
as Arthur Cartwright
Harry Tyler
as Sam Martin - Taxi Driver
Arthur Aylesworth
as Sheriff Bill Pemberton
Russell Hicks
as Clinton Foley
Frank Reicher
as Dr. Carl Cooper
Addison Richards
as Judge Markham
James P. Burtis
as George Dobbs
Eddie Shubert
as Ed Wheeler
Harry Seymour
as David Clark
Stanley Blystone
as Juror (uncredited)
Don Brodie
as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Captain Kelly (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Frank Fanning
as Detective Driving Police Car (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
as Deputy (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Detective (uncredited)
Lightning the German Shepherd
as Prince (uncredited)
Henry Otho
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
as Carl Trask (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Reporter with Camera in Courtroom (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
as Detective (uncredited)
Jack Wise
as Telegram Clerk (uncredited)