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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 24, 1987

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

Alternate Titles:
Perry Mason: O Caso do Espírito Sinistro
Perry Mason: Siniestro
Дело о зловещем призраке
Злой дух

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery | TV Movie | Thriller

Production Companies:
Dean Hargrove Productions
Fred Silverman Company
Fred Silverman Productions
Strathmore Productions
Viacom Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  RU: 12+ 

Runtime: 95

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Paul Staheli

Assistant Editor:
Carter DeHaven

Associate Producer:
Jeff Peters

Camera Operator:
Daniel McKinny

Casting:
Reuben Cannon
Carol Dudley

Characters:
Erle Stanley Gardner

Construction Coordinator:
Dean R. Brown

Costume Designer:
Ronn Rynhart

Director:
Richard Lang

Director of Photography:
Arch Bryant

Editor:
David Solomon

Executive In Charge Of Production:
Mike Moder

Executive Producer:
Dean Hargrove
Fred Silverman

First Assistant "A" Camera:
Douglas O'Kane

First Assistant Director:
Jim Weatherill

Gaffer:
Bradford Lipson

Hairstylist:
Brenda Moen
Judee Guilmette

Key Grip:
Fred Vicarel

Legal Services:
Dennis Smith

Main Title Designer:
Wayne Fitzgerald

Makeup Artist:
Dee Sandella
Patti Dallas

Music:
Dick DeBenedictis

Music Editor:
Stan Jones

Music Supervisor:
Ted Roberts

Original Music Composer:
Fred Steiner

Post Production Coordinator:
Brad Blake

Post Production Supervisor:
William S. Kerr

Producer:
Barry Steinberg

Production Accountant:
Norman Webster

Production Executive:
Donna Colabella

Production Secretary:
Tina Bennett

Production Sound Mixer:
James Emerson

Property Master:
Susan MacDonald-Petersen

Script Supervisor:
Jeff Glasser

Second Assistant Director:
Richard J. Metoyer

Set Decoration:
Anne Sammons

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Doug Davey
Chris Haire
Jerry Clemans

Story:
Dean Hargrove
Joel Steiger
Timothy Wurtz
Glenn M. Benest

Stunt Coordinator:
Roy E. Harrison

Supervising Producer:
Joel Steiger

Supervising Sound Editor:
G. Michael Graham

Teleplay:
Anne Collins

Transportation Coordinator:
Robert Benjamin

Unit Production Manager:
Barry Steinberg

Wardrobe Master:
Judith Scheurwater

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