Perry Mason as played by Warren William defends Mary Astor against murder charges. This is the frst time Perry Mason appeared on the big screen, and William William plays him like no one else: smart, fast-thinking, dedicated to his clients, and a goodly portion of the shyster in his nature. We're in the fall of 1934, and the Production code is firmly in place at the majors, but William had made his bones in the movies playing thorough rotters. There's remnants of that here, although it would grow fainter with each iteration; by the time Raymond Burr got the role for the small screen, if you could make it to his office with small change and a linty Life Saver, you weren't just not guilty. You were innocent, and the angels would weep over you.
Most of the fun is watching William sit there, doing stuff, and you have no idea why. Other than that, it's a B movie, even if Bryan Foy is not credited as a producer.
Does anyone but me think that Dorothy Tree and Rosalind Russell could be sisters?
Most of the fun is watching William sit there, doing stuff, and you have no idea why. Other than that, it's a B movie, even if Bryan Foy is not credited as a producer.
Does anyone but me think that Dorothy Tree and Rosalind Russell could be sisters?