The Case of the Velvet Claws
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Directed byWilliam Clemens
Screenplay byTom Reed
Based onThe Case of the Velvet Claws
1933 novel
by Erle Stanley Gardner[1]
1933 novel
by Erle Stanley Gardner[1]
Produced byHenry Blanke (uncredited)
| The Case of the Velvet Claws | |
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| Directed by | William Clemens |
| Screenplay by | Tom Reed |
| Based on | The Case of the Velvet Claws 1933 novel by Erle Stanley Gardner[1] |
| Produced by | Henry Blanke (uncredited) |
| Starring | Warren William Claire Dodd Wini Shaw |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | Jack Saper |
| Music by | Bernhard Kaun Heinz Roemheld |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Case of the Velvet Claws is a 1936 American mystery film directed by William Clemens and starring Warren William, Claire Dodd and Wini Shaw. It is based on the first Perry Mason novel (1933) by Erle Stanley Gardner, and it features the fourth and final appearance of William as defense attorney Mason.
Mason finally marries his longtime secretary Della Street, but has to cut their honeymoon short in order to defend a woman accused of murder.
Cast
- Warren William as Perry Mason
- Claire Dodd as Della Street Mason
- Wini Shaw as Eva Belter (as Winifred Shaw)
- Bill Elliott as Carl Griffin (as Gordon Elliott)
- Joe King as George C. Belter (as Joseph King)
- Addison Richards as Frank Locke
- Eddie Acuff as Spudsy Drake
- Olin Howland as Wilbur Strong
- Dick Purcell as Crandal
- Kenneth Harlan as Peter Milnor
- Clara Blandick as Judge Mary F. O'Daugherty
