Movies like Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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?
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
hotel, courtroom, lawyer, intelligence agency, private investigator, ghost, investigation, murder, private detective, legal, rivalry, who done it, false accusation, writer's life, courtroom drama, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, protagonist as suspect, power relations, perry mason, reunion, deadly, mystery, crime, crimes
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and mind bending films with plots about deadly, legal, lawyer, murder, courtroom, courtroom drama and dedicated lawyer mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit: Perry Mason Returns (1985), McBride: The Chameleon Murder (2005), Innocent (2011), The Advocate (2013), Her Fatal Flaw (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When his former secretary (Barbara Hale) is accused of a murder, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) gives up a judgeship to defend her.
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Time:
80s
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge.
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psychological, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ken Malansky, a law student of Perry Mason's, is accused of murdering a fellow student. Perry is reluctant to take on his case as the victim was the son of a close friend.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Duration: 91 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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