The Case of the Lucky Legs
"There's danger in her eyes— and a Fortune in her lucky legs"
6.0
NR
1935
77 min
"There's danger in her eyes— and a Fortune in her lucky legs"
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.
Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000.
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious fire and Laxter's two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns Laxter's death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster's found dead in his basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial around. Written by Sister Grimm
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Warren William
Perry Mason
Genevieve Tobin
Della Street
Patricia Ellis
Margie Florence Clune
Lyle Talbot
Dr. Robert Doray
Allen Jenkins
Spudsy Drake
Barton MacLane
Bisonette
Peggy Shannon
Thelma Bell
Porter Hall
Col. Bradbury
Anita Kerry
Eva Lamont
Craig Reynolds
Frank Patton
Henry O'Neill
District Attorney C. Manchester
Charles C. Wilson
Police Officer Ricker
