Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987)
Overview
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?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.961 |
Directed By
Richard Lang
Crew
Richard Lang
Erle Stanley Gardner
Anne Collins
Dean Hargrove
Dick DeBenedictis
Fred Steiner
Arch Bryant
Paul Staheli
David Solomon
Joel Steiger
Barry Steinberg
Joel Steiger
Glenn M. Benest
Timothy Wurtz
Fred Silverman
Dean Hargrove
Jeff Peters
Reuben Cannon
Carol Dudley
Barry Steinberg
Jim Weatherill
Richard J. Metoyer
Ronn Rynhart
Judith Scheurwater
Dee Sandella
Patti Dallas
Judee Guilmette
Brenda Moen
Dean R. Brown
Roy E. Harrison
Robert Benjamin
Anne Sammons
Susan MacDonald-Petersen
James Emerson
Bradford Lipson
Fred Vicarel
Daniel McKinny
Douglas O'Kane
Jeff Glasser
Norman Webster
Tina Bennett
Dennis Smith
Brad Blake
Wayne Fitzgerald
William S. Kerr
Carter DeHaven
Donna Colabella
G. Michael Graham
Chris Haire
Doug Davey
Jerry Clemans
Ted Roberts
Stan Jones
Mike Moder
TOP CAST
Raymond Burr
Perry Mason
Barbara Hale
Della Street
William Katt
Paul Drake Jr.
Robert Stack
Jordan White
Dwight Schultz
Andrew Lloyd
Kim Delaney
Susan Warrenfield
Dennis Lipscomb
Michael Light
Jack Bannon
Donald Sayer
Leigh Taylor-Young
Maura McGuire
Matthew Faison
David Hall
David Ogden Stiers
D.A. Michael Reston
Percy Rodriguez
Dr. Froman
Ed O'Brien
Police Lieutenant
Richard Jury
Judge R.L. Boone
Michael K. Osborn
Parsons (Hall's attorney)
Antonino Garcia Tony
Lawyer (uncredited)
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