Lucky Legs

Lucky Legs

DANCING, PRANCING, ENTRANCING ROMANCING!

NR 1942 · 64 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy, Crime

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.

Directed by Charles Barton · Written by Stanley Rubin

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