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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

1987
1h 35m
Drama
Thriller
Mystery

Status

Released

Release

1987

Runtime

1h 35m

Storyline

Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
May 24, 1987
Languages
English
Director
Richard Lang
Production
Fred Silverman Company
Fred Silverman Company
Dean Hargrove Productions
Dean Hargrove Productions
Strathmore Productions
Strathmore Productions
Viacom Productions
Viacom Productions
Fred Silverman Productions
Fred Silverman Productions
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

18 Cast Members

Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr

Perry Mason

Barbara Hale

Barbara Hale

Della Street

William Katt

William Katt

Paul Drake Jr.

Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Jordan White

Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz

Andrew Lloyd

Kim Delaney

Kim Delaney

Susan Warrenfield

Dennis Lipscomb

Dennis Lipscomb

Michael Light

Jack Bannon

Jack Bannon

Donald Sayer

Leigh Taylor-Young

Leigh Taylor-Young

Maura McGuire

Matthew Faison

Matthew Faison

David Hall

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

D.A. Michael Reston

Percy Rodriguez

Percy Rodriguez

Dr. Froman

Ed O'Brien

Police Lieutenant

Burt Douglas

Burt Douglas

Richard Jury

Richard Jury

Judge R.L. Boone

Michael K. Osborn

Parsons (Hall's attorney)

Kathryn Christopher

Antonino Garcia Tony

Lawyer (uncredited)

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