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An agitated and desperate man spares no expense in insisting that Mason represent him against a neighbor's howling dog and act as executor of his will.

Director: Alan Crosland

Writer: Ben Markson, Erle Stanley Gardner

Stars: Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins
Transcript
00:00Listen, Betty, the cops are hot on my tail for that silk job.
00:04If I don't get the best mouthpiece in town, it's curtains for me.
00:06I'll get a hold of Perry Mason right away.
00:08If anybody can beat the ref for you, he can.
00:11Sure, Perry Mason.
00:12He sprung me the last time I was in a jam.
00:15Why don't you let Perry Mason handle the case for you?
00:17Is he good?
00:18Good.
00:19He's won both my divorces in three Breacher Promise suits.
00:22And he's tall, dark, and handsome.
00:24He's the man.
00:25Hello, this is the Evening Times.
00:28Tell Perry Mason we'll give him $5,000 for his exclusive story of how he solved the Milper's Drive murder.
00:33Yeah, the one he called the case of the howling dog.
00:57My secretary told me he wanted to see me about a dog.
01:06Before we go into that, I want to know if a will is valid no matter how a man dies.
01:11Suppose he dies on the gallows or in the electric chair.
01:14It makes no difference how a man dies.
01:17His will is not affected.
01:19Now let's hear about the dog.
01:20A dog has been howling for 48 hours.
01:25Mostly at night, but sometimes during the day.
01:27And that continual howling is driving me crazy.
01:31You know, when a dog howls, it's an omen of death in the neighborhood.
01:34Do you think I'll be arrested?
01:52Certainly you'll be arrested.
01:54You let yourself into your husband's house with a pasky.
01:57You were there when he was murdered.
01:59Now, do you think you can pull a stunt like that and not get taken down to police headquarters?
02:02Because you're crazy.
02:03How soon do you think they'll come for me?
02:08Open up there.
02:09Where are they?
02:12I found the door open.
02:13I rang the bell and no one answered.
02:16So I walked in.
02:17I found Foley dead.
02:19You're sure you're not holding anything back, are you, Perry?
02:21Are you insinuating that I might have shot Foley?
02:24I'm beginning to think so.
02:25In reference to Mr. Foley's police dog, Prince,
02:28is it not a fact that the dog left the house and howled disimally?
02:32He did not.
02:33Did you hear the dog howl?
02:35I did not.
02:35The defense at this time would like to make a motion
02:37for the adjournment of the court, officers, and witnesses
02:40to the scene of the crime
02:41at 4889 Milpus Drive
02:43for the further cross-examination of this witness.
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