An improbable stuttering bishop from Australia asks for Perry's help in proving the identity of the legitimate heir to a millionaire.An improbable stuttering bishop from Australia asks for Perry's help in proving the identity of the legitimate heir to a millionaire.An improbable stuttering bishop from Australia asks for Perry's help in proving the identity of the legitimate heir to a millionaire.
Helen MacKellar
- Stella Kenwood
- (as Helen McKellar)
Charles C. Wilson
- Hamilton Burger
- (as Charles Wilson)
Eddy Chandler
- Detective James Fleet
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaAuthor Erle Stanley Gardner objected so vehemently to what he felt was the miscasting of Ricardo Cortez as Mason, that Warners replaced him with Donald Woods.
- GoofsNear the end, when Mason and his crew are having lunch during a court recess, Della drops her fork on her plate and reaches out across the table to break off some bread (after giving Mason the inadvertent hunch about Stella Kenwood). When the camera cuts back to Mason, Della has fork in hand again, but not the bread.
- Quotes
Perry Mason: [to Della] Bishops don't often need lawyers. Show him in.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Big Sleep (1946)
- SoundtracksWhen Irish Eyes Are Smiling
(1912) (uncredited)
Music by Ernest Ball
Lyrics by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff
Sung a cappella with a phony Irish brogue by Donald Woods
Featured review
An entertaining but convoluted Perry Mason murder mystery.
Donald Woods and Ann Dvorak were fine as Perry Mason and his secretary, Della Street, but it took me a while to get used to not seeing Raymond Burr in the Mason role. The complicated plot involves two women named Janice who claim to be the heir to the fortune of Douglas Wood, and an Australian bishop who asks Mason to see Mira McKinney, who can prove which one is the real one. But Wood is killed going to the rendezvous with McKinney, who is charged with murder. In customary Perry Mason style, there is a final courtroom scene (in this case only a hearing) where Mason flushes out the killer and the phony Janice. I enjoyed trying to follow the plot and the comedy that was prevalent. Tom Kennedy suddenly remembers an important item when he hears the name "Sampson," because it involves a ship called "Delilah." Woods always asking Dvorak to remind him to give her a raise when she gets a good idea (a running gag). Even the bishop, who explains he stutters only when under some emotional stress, provides some comedy at the end. He sheepishly stammers "g-g-goodness g-g-gracious" when three of the principal women kiss him goodbye.
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- Dec 8, 1998
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- Clue Club #10: The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937) officially released in India in English?
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