Perry marries Della but a beautiful woman interrupts their honeymoon night and demands Perry take her case at gunpoint.Perry marries Della but a beautiful woman interrupts their honeymoon night and demands Perry take her case at gunpoint.Perry marries Della but a beautiful woman interrupts their honeymoon night and demands Perry take her case at gunpoint.
Wini Shaw
- Eva Belter
- (as Winifred Shaw)
Bill Elliott
- Carl Griffin
- (as Gordon Elliott)
Joe King
- George C. Belter
- (as Joseph King)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe $5,000 that gets burned up would equate to about $110,000 in 2023.
- GoofsAt the Belter crime scene, it is mentioned that the ballistics expert had determined the gun had been fired twice. At that point it would have been impossible for him to determine that at the crime scene alone. The gun in question was referred to by Spudsy, Mason, and on the pawn sale as a .32 Colt automatic.
- Quotes
Perry Mason: Tell me who's the real owner of this blackmail rag and maybe we can make a trade.
Frank Locke, an alias of Cecil Dawson: Do you smoke it or take it in the arm? I'm the owner!
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
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Clever mystery has plenty of laughs but does not skimp on plot
Perry Mason and Della Street burst into the courtroom, a noisy crowd at their heels. Boldly interrupting proceedings, Mason announces that he wants the judge to marry him and Della immediately. They're going on a honeymoon then he's giving up his criminal law career: "I have promised Della to become a sober filer of briefs." –Alas, when they get back to his apartment, there's a woman hiding in the bedroom with a gun, and the honeymoon is off.
A good balance between humor and suspense keeps this picture zipping along. Warren William dominates proceedings from start to finish in a flamboyant performance that is alternately silly and clever.
Of course there's a murder, and the strong plot has the murder victim's wife—who may be guilty herself—accusing Mason of the crime, forcing him to hide out in a hotel and rely on assistant Spudsy Drake to do research and legwork. Eddie Acuff is more comical than serious as Spudsy; he and Claire Dodd (as Della) are both very good.
A rather wild climactic gathering-of-the-suspects has Mason passing around kleenexes—over the course of the picture, just about everybody has caught his cold!
Great fun.
A good balance between humor and suspense keeps this picture zipping along. Warren William dominates proceedings from start to finish in a flamboyant performance that is alternately silly and clever.
Of course there's a murder, and the strong plot has the murder victim's wife—who may be guilty herself—accusing Mason of the crime, forcing him to hide out in a hotel and rely on assistant Spudsy Drake to do research and legwork. Eddie Acuff is more comical than serious as Spudsy; he and Claire Dodd (as Della) are both very good.
A rather wild climactic gathering-of-the-suspects has Mason passing around kleenexes—over the course of the picture, just about everybody has caught his cold!
Great fun.
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- csteidler
- Oct 1, 2014
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- Clue Club #8: The Case of the Velvet Claws
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- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) officially released in Canada in English?
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