- The Case of the Howling Dog
Infobox Film
name = The Case of the Howling Dog
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director =Alan Crosland
producer =
writer =Erle Stanley Gardner (story)Ben Markson
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starring =Warren William Mary Astor
music =Bernhard Kaun
cinematography =William Rees
editing =James Gibbon
distributor =Warner Bros.
released =22 September 1934
runtime = 75 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by = "The Case of the Curious Bride "
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imdb_id = 0024958"The Case of the Howling Dog" is a 1934 American
mystery film directed byAlan Crosland . The film starsWarren William andMary Astor . This was the first in a series of films in which William playedPerry Mason .Plot
Arthur Cartwright, an anxious man, goes to Perry Mason to have his neighbor arrested for his vindictive and noisy
dog . He is under the belief that his howling is an indication that somebody has been murdered in the neighborhood. He demands that his will be written bequeathing the estate to the lady living at the neighbor's house. However, the will is mysteriously altered by an unknown person and Cartwright goes missing, along with the lady. It is up to Mason to investigate.Cast
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Warren William as Perry Mason
*Mary Astor as Bessie Foley
*Gordon Westcott as Arthur Cartwright
*Allen Jenkins as Detective Sergeant Holcomb
*Grant Mitchell as District Attorney Claude Drumm
*Helen Trenholme asDella Street
*Helen Lowell as Elizabeth Walker, Cartwright's Housekeeper
*Dorothy Tree as Lucy Benton
*Harry Tyler as Sam Martin, Taxi Driver
*Arthur Aylesworth as Sheriff Bill Pemberton
*Russell Hicks as Clinton Foley
*Frank Reicher as Dr. Carl Cooper
*Addison Richards as Judge Markham
*James P. Burtis as George Dobbs (as James Burtis)
*Eddie Shubert as Edgar 'Ed' Wheeler
*Harry Seymour as David ClarkExternal links
*tcmdb title|id=70417
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