The Case of the Caretaker's Cat

Name: The Case of the Caretaker's Cat
Released: 1959-03-07
Cast: Judy Lewis, John Agar, George E. Stone, Bill Erwin, Raymond Bailey

Series: Perry Mason

Season: Season 2

Episode Number: 19

Air Date: 03/07/1959

Duration: 52 min

Wealthy Peter Baxter decides to test the loyalty of his heirs. He pretends to change his will cutting them all out and leaving his entire estate to groundskeeper, James Hing. Hing is then supposed to burn down Baxter's house and Baxter would substitute a medical cadaver for his own body. If any of the heirs contested the will, they would be disinherited. Hing does as he is instructed. He burns down the house, but the body discovered inside is really that of Peter Baxter. Perry tries to sort through this muddled mess and arrive at the truth.