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The Case of the Lucky Legs is a 1935 mystery film, the third in a series of Perry Mason films starring Warren William as the famed lawyer.

After the team receives some unvarnished critique from Hamilton Burger (Justin Kirk), Della (Juliet Rylance) presents an increasingly stubborn Mason (Matthew Rhys) with her case for putting Emily (Gayle Rankin) on the stand. Perry Mason The Case Of The Gambling Lady Full Cast, royal masquerade slots, betting all the numbers in craps, casino arizona dancing. Police detective Danny Talbert's father dies from a heart attack caused by stress from the fact that he was into mobster Steve Radom for a $10,000.00 debt. Or so Danny believes. When Radom is killed with Danny's gun, Perry steps in to clear his name. In the hugely successful US television series Perry Mason (1957-66), Barbara Hale, who has died aged 94, played Della Street, Mason’s secretary. She reprised the role in 29 TV movies between.

Plot[edit]

Margie Clune wins the 'Lucky Legs' beauty contest concocted by Frank Patton, but has trouble collecting her $1,000 prize when the promoter skips town. It turns out it is all a scam he has pulled before. When he later turns up stabbed to death, she is a strong suspect.

Cast[edit]

• Warren William as Perry Mason
• Genevieve Tobin as Della Street
• Patricia Ellis as Margie Clune
• Lyle Talbot as Dr. Bob Doray
• Allen Jenkins as Spudsy Drake, Mason's private investigator
• Barton MacLane as Police Chief Bisonette
• Jeanne Cooper as Thelma Bell
• Porter Hall as Bradbury
• Anita Kerry as Eva Lamont
• Craig Reynolds as Frank Patton
• Henry O'Neill as District Attorney Manchester
• Charles Wilson as Police Officer Ricker
• Joseph Crehan as Detective Johnson
• Olin Howland as Dr. Croker, Perry's doctor
• Mary Treen as Spudsy's wife

Critical reception[edit]

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene praised the film as 'an admirable film' sadly partnered as makeweight to I Give My Heart (a film Greene characterized as appalling). Comparing the character of Perry Mason to other similar fictional detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Lord Peter Wimsey, Charlie Chan, and those created by William Powell, Greene concludes that Mason is his favorite film detective because he is a more genuine creation and recommends the film as 'good Mason if not good detection'.^[1]

Home media[edit]

On October 23, 2012, Warner Home Video released the film on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection alongside The Case of the Howling Dog, The Case of the Curious Bride, The Case of the Velvet Claws, The Case of the Black Cat and The Case of the Stuttering Bishop in a set entitled Perry Mason: The Original Warner Bros. Movies Collection. This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.

References[edit]

1. ^Greene, Graham (31 January 1936). 'The Case of the Lucky Legs/Charlie Chan in Shanghai'. The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. pp. 48–49. ISBN0192812866.)

External links[edit]

• The Case of the Lucky Legs at the TCM Movie Database
• The Case of the Lucky Legs on IMDb
• The Case of the Lucky Legs at AllMovie
• The Case of the Lucky Legs at the American Film Institute Catalog

Perry Mason Gambling Lady Cast

Perry Mason The Case Of The Gambling Lady Cast