Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

utgard14 Perry Mason (Warren William) is hired to locate the organizer of a crooked beauty contest and finds the man murdered. The contest winner is the prime suspect but, of course, she's innocent and it's up to Perry to prove it by finding the real killer.The third Perry Mason movie from Warner Bros. starring Warren William. If you're new to the series and only know Perry Mason from the TV show, expect to be surprised and possibly disappointed. This Perry is nothing like Raymond Burr's version. He's less a lawyer than a private detective. Essentially this is Warren William playing the same character type he'd play in several different detective roles -- cocky, funny, tough, and a little flirty. This particular film's Perry owes a lot to another famous detective with a penchant for boozing -- Nick Charles. Genevieve Tobin is fun as Della Street. Good supporting cast includes Allen Jenkins, Barton MacLane, Lyle Talbot, and Porter Hall. Lovely Patricia Ellis plays the winner of the "best legs" contest. She was a deserving winner and quite the cutie. Speaking of cuties, how about a young Mary Treen as Jenkins' wife? Mary made her career as a character actress playing plain Jane types but here in this early role I think she was very pretty.It's enjoyable enough for a B detective film. Nothing particularly unique but entertaining in its way. If you're a Perry Mason buff you might be put off by the portrayal of Perry but I didn't mind it. As I said before, William has played this type of character in other films. But if it works, keep doing it.

masercot The best portrayer of Perry Mason and the best Della Street in the same movie...Mason is portrayed in the same manner as in Gardener's books. He's playful, shrewd, irreverent and kind of a jackass. Definitely NOT the stodgy inert lump of good looks that Raymond Burr was.The man gets in people's personal space, jokes, tickles and even raids refrigerators of the people he's questioning. He is, for want of a better word, "wacky".The plot is kind of fun: A con man is killed and the main suspects are everybody. Mason, as usual, keeps one step behind the murderer and two ahead of the police. One of the cops is played by Barton MacLaine, a standard in thirties detective movies, later to become General Peterson on I Dream of Jeanie...

BaronBl00d As one other reviewer noted, The Case of the Lucky Legs seems to be a bit more concerned with laughs than mystery. I concur. Mason is portrayed as a lush with tendencies to make a pass at virtually any woman he meets. His assistant Spudsy Drake played by Allen Jenkins almost borders on farce at times as he tries to pick a fight in an airport and has things thrown at him by his wife. These are just two scenes where director Archie Mayo goes for much more broader humour than seen in the first two Mason films in the series. Perry gets sick on a flight, passes a cold to everyone he meets, and does his final summation in his offices to a slew of people while being given a physical as well. These comedic touches don't really detract from the film and make it a pretty entertaining film when added to the mystery - a lesser one than previously used in the two earler mason films. This time Perry must try and a help a Colonel Bradbury and the winner of a legs contest who have been swindled and duped by a conman who takes a powder after the contest with all the loot from the contest. Mason keeps mixing Bradbury's name throughout the whole film after meeting him from his floor bed in his office after a late night bender. Warren William again is the epitome of suave wit and charm releasing one-liners with great accuracy. His performance and, I might add, his worth as an actor, greatly aid this film and the other three he starred in as the lawyer Perry Mason. For the third film we have a third actress playing Della Street(Genevieve Tobin). She oozes witty charm and fits William's style almost perfectly. Jenkins, Barton Maclane, and Olin Howard reprise their roles for this third installment. Humdrum Lyle Talbot has the leading man role in the mystery as the love interest of the contest winner, played by a gorgeous Patricia Ellis. She has a fine set of attributes - nice legs too! Character actor Porter Hall plays Colonel Bradbury with some nice subtle comedic touches. This is a very entertaining film as really are all of the four films in the series starring William.

Michael_Elliott Case of the Lucky Legs, The (1935) ** (out of 4) Third film in Warner's series has Perry Mason (Warren William) investigating a racket where a man holds a hot legs contest but instead of paying the winner the money he runs out of town. Mason is able to track him down but it's too late because someone has murdered him so Mason must try to crack the case and save his client. Sadly William spends a lot of time playing William and that means he's back to whistling at women and tracking them down. There's way too much female flirting going on and this takes away from the mystery, which isn't too good to begin with. The supporting cast doesn't offer up any good performances except for Allen Jenkins but he doesn't have too much to do. The film gets a tad bit slugish towards the end but the solving of the case makes for some slight entertainment. Certainly the weakest of the first three films.