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The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) [NR]

Featuring:
Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis

Written by:
Brown Holmes
Ben Markson
Jerome Chodorov

Directed by:
Archie Mayo


Release Date:
October 5, 1935

Original Title:
The Case of the Lucky Legs

Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Production Companies:
First National Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 77

There's danger in her eyes— and a Fortune in her lucky legs

Overview from TheMovieDB

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

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Overview from Open Movies

Frank Patton is the promoter of the Lucky Legs Contest. The problem is that he always skips town before paying the $1000 to the winner. Mr. Bradbury, suitor of Cloverdale winner Margie, hires intoxicated Perry Mason to find Frank. Perry knows the scheme that Patton is using and has Spudsy find him, but Frank is dead when Perry arrives. The how is a surgeons scalpel, but the who is not yet known.

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Rankings and Honors

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.5/10

Performers

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Production

Adaptation:
Jerome Chodorov

Art Direction:
Hugh Reticker

Director:
Archie Mayo

Director of Photography:
Tony Gaudio

Editor:
James Gibbon

Music Director:
Leo F. Forbstein

Novel:
Erle Stanley Gardner

Screenplay:
Ben Markson

Writer:
Brown Holmes

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