Question 1

Why did Erle Stanley Gardner reportedly hate this film adaptation?

Accepted Answer

Although critically well-received, author Erle Stanley Gardner reportedly hated it, as did many readers of the Mason novel. He said he was 'continually snubbed' when offering his services as consultant.

Question 2

How does the setting of this film differ from the novels and the Raymond Burr TV series?

Accepted Answer

Unlike the novels and TV series which used Los Angeles, here Perry Mason's offices are in San Francisco. However, many street names heard are from Southern California.

Question 3

Which actor played a different character in this film than in the first series entry?

Accepted Answer

Allen Jenkins, who played adversarial Sgt. Holcombe in the first entry, here becomes Mason's comic sidekick detective friend Spudsy Drake, a role he repeated in the third entry.

Question 4

What was notable about Errol Flynn's role in this film?

Accepted Answer

This was Errol Flynn's fourth screen role, his third credited, and his first American film.

Question 5

Which actor in this film later played Perry Mason in another Warner Bros. entry?

Accepted Answer

Donald Woods appears as Carl Montaine. In 1937, he played Perry Mason in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, the last in the Warner Bros. Perry Mason series.

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