The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)

7.2/10 70 min Mystery Crime

Overview

A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.

Cast

Donald Woods

Perry Mason

Ann Dvorak

Della Street

Anne Nagel

Janice Alma Brownley

Linda Perry

Janice Seaton

Craig Reynolds

Gordon Bixler

Gordon Oliver

Philip Brownley

Joseph Crehan

Paul Drake

Helen MacKellar

Stella Kenwood

Edward McWade

Bishop Mallory

Tom Kennedy

Jim Magooney

Mira McKinney

Ida Gilbert

Frank Faylen

Charlie Downs

Douglas Wood

Renald C. Brownley

Veda Ann Borg

Gladys

George Lloyd

Peter Sacks

Selmer Jackson

Victor Stockton

Charles C. Wilson

Hamilton Burger

Eddy Chandler

Detective James Fleet (uncredited)

Harry Fox

Clerk (uncredited)

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