''The Case of the Stuttering Bishop'' is a 1937

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film directed by William Clemens. It stars Donald Woods as Perry Mason and

Ann Dvorak Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told ''The Literary Digest'' in 1936: "My fake name is properly pronounced ''vor'shack ...

as Della Street, his secretary.

Edward McWade Edward McWade (January 14, 1865 – May 17, 1943) was a writer, stage actor and an American film actor. Biography McWade was born in Washington, D.C., on January 14, 1865. His father was notable stage actor Robert McWade Sr. (1835-1913) an ...

plays the role of stuttering Bishop William Mallory. It is the sixth and final film in the Warner Bros. Perry Mason series. It is based on the novel ''The Case of the Stuttering Bishop'' (1936) by

Erle Stanley Gardner Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was an American lawyer and author. He is best known for the Perry Mason series of detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of nonfiction b ...

Plot

Perry is asked by an Australian Bishop to take the case of a woman who was falsely accused of manslaughter 22 years ago. During his investigations Perry gets involved in another murder for which Ida, the woman he is supposed to free, gets arrested.

Cast

* Donald Woods as Perry Mason *

as Della Street * Anne Nagel as Janice Alma Brownley * Linda Perry as Janice Seaton * Craig Reynolds as Gordon Bixler * Gordon Oliver as Philip Brownley *

Joseph Crehan Joseph A. Creaghan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in ''Union Paci ...

as Paul Drake * Helen MacKellar as Stella Kenwood (as Helen McKellar) *

as Bishop William Mallory *

Tom Kennedy Thomas or Tom Kennedy may refer to: Politics * Thomas Kennedy (Scottish judge) (1673–1754), joint Solicitor General for Scotland 1709–14, Lord Advocate 1714, Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs 1720–21 *Thomas Kennedy, 9th Earl of Cassilis ...

as Jim Magooney *

Mira McKinney Mira McKinney (October 23, 1892 – May 2, 1978) was an American actress. She appeared in the films ''The Case of the Stuttering Bishop'', '' Blazing Sixes'', '' Young Fugitives'', '' The Road to Reno'', '' Garden of the Moon'', ''Prairie Moon' ...

as Ida Gilbert * Frank Faylen as Charlie Downs * Douglas Wood as Renald C. Brownley * Veda Ann Borg as Gladys * George Lloyd as Peter Sacks *

Selmer Jackson Selmer Adolf Jackson (May 7, 1888 – March 30, 1971) was an American stage film and television actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963. His name was sometimes spelled Selmar Jackson. Jackson was born in Lake Mills, Iowa a ...

as Victor Stockton * Charles Wilson as Hamilton Burger

Cultural references

In September 1937 Warner Bros. produced the

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cartoon, ''

The Case of the Stuttering Pig ''The Case of the Stuttering Pig'' is a 1937 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' animated cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. The short was released on October 30, 1937, and stars Porky Pig and Petunia Pig. The title is a parody of '' The Case of the S ...

'', featuring

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. Although a lawyer figures in the story, the cartoon has no relationship to the Warner Bros. Perry Mason feature that inspired its clever title.

Home media

On October 23, 2012,

Warner Home Video Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. (formerly known as Warner Home Video and WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as Warner Home Entertainment) is the home video distribution division of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Vide ...

released the film on DVD in Region 1 via their

Warner Archive Collection The Warner Archive Collection is a home video division for releasing classic and cult films from Warner Bros.' library. It started as a manufactured-on-demand (MOD) DVD series by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on March 23, 2009, with the inten ...

alongside '' The Case of the Howling Dog'', ''

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'', ''

The Case of the Lucky Legs ''The Case of the Lucky Legs'' is a 1935 mystery film, the third in a series of Perry Mason films starring Warren William as the famed lawyer. Plot Margie Clune wins the "Lucky Legs" beauty contest concocted by Frank Patton, but has trouble ...

'', '' The Case of the Velvet Claws'' and '' The Case of the Black Cat'' in a set entitled ''Perry Mason: The Original Warner Bros. Movies Collection''. This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.

References

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