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 | 2.115 |
Directed By
Richard Lang
Crew
Richard Lang
Erle Stanley Gardner
Anne Collins
Dean Hargrove
Arch Bryant
Fred Steiner
Dick DeBenedictis
Paul Staheli
Barry Steinberg
Fred Silverman
Joel Steiger
Jeff Peters
Barry Steinberg
Joel Steiger
James Emerson
Jeff Glasser
Carol Dudley
David Solomon
Reuben Cannon
Timothy Wurtz
Richard J. Metoyer
Bradford Lipson
Robert Benjamin
Judee Guilmette
Dean R. Brown
Glenn M. Benest
Brenda Moen
Roy E. Harrison
Douglas O'Kane
Tina Bennett
Daniel McKinny
Norman Webster
Patti Dallas
Dee Sandella
Ronn Rynhart
Anne Sammons
Judith Scheurwater
Dean Hargrove
Jim Weatherill
Susan MacDonald-Petersen
Fred Vicarel
Dennis Smith
Stan Jones
Doug Davey
Brad Blake
Carter DeHaven
G. Michael Graham
Jerry Clemans
William S. Kerr
Donna Colabella
Chris Haire
Wayne Fitzgerald
Mike Moder
Ted Roberts
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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