The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937A 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.
Acted in
Donald Woods
as Perry Mason
Ann Dvorak
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
as Paul Drake
Helen MacKellar
as Stella Kenwood
Edward McWade
as Bishop Mallory
Tom Kennedy
as Jim Magooney
Mira McKinney
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
as Victor Stockton
Charles C. Wilson
as Hamilton Burger
Eddy Chandler
as Detective James Fleet (uncredited)
Don Downen
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Harry Fox
as Clerk (uncredited)
Gordon Hart
as Judge Knox (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Renald's Butler (uncredited)
Lyle Moraine
as Western Union Witness (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Second Detective (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
as Guiseppe - Waiter (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
as Second Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
as Third Detective (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
as Ambulance Helper (uncredited)
John Shelton
as Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)
Louise Stanley
as Young Woman in Room 310 (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
as First Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
as Yacht Club Attendant Watchman (uncredited)
Dan Wolheim
as Policeman (uncredited)