
Lucky Legs
Comedy · Crime
Overview
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. Unfortunately, the money has "made the rounds" prior to reaching Gloria and several less-than-scrupulous characters set out to separate Gloria from her inheritance.
Top Cast


Jinx Falkenburg
Jinx Falkenburg
Gloria Carroll
Jinx Falkenburg
Gloria Carroll


Leslie Brooks
Leslie Brooks
Jewel Perkins
Leslie Brooks
Jewel Perkins


Kay Harris
Kay Harris
'Calamity' Jane Edwards
Kay Harris
'Calamity' Jane Edwards


Russell Hayden
Russell Hayden
James Abercrombie
Russell Hayden
James Abercrombie


Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson
Annabelle Dinwiddie
Elizabeth Patterson
Annabelle Dinwiddie


William Wright
William Wright
'Pinkie' Connors
William Wright
'Pinkie' Connors


Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe
Ned McLane
Don Beddoe
Ned McLane
Adele Rowland
Adele Rowland
Hettie Dinwiddie
Adele Rowland
Hettie Dinwiddie


Eddie Marr
Eddie Marr
Mike Manley
Eddie Marr
Mike Manley


George McKay
George McKay
Rod Fenton
George McKay
Rod Fenton
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