The Case of the Lucky Legs

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

Oct 5 1935 Approved 1h 17m
Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Brown Holmes, Ben Markson, Jerome Chodorov

Directed by

Archie Mayo

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
965
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA