Directed by Jesse Hibbs. With Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman. Carla Chaney is in jail awaiting her trial for murder. She has fired or lost multiple attorneys so Perry is given her case. She tells him about proof she didn't commit the murder but even Perry has a hard time believing her story.

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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'. Ellen Corby, who has a minor role here as 'Old Lady Card Player,' was one of Hollywood's busiest and most reliable character actresses. Among the more than 250 credits in her IMDb filmography are appearances opposite James Stewart (Vertigo) Don Knotts (The Ghost and Mr. Chicken) and Doris Day (The Glass Bottom Boat). William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (January 26, 1915 – March 6, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor. The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in predominantly minor roles in more than 80 feature films in the 1930s and '40s.

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.

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.)

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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 The Gambling Lady Cast