In the third Perry Mason movie starring Warren William, Frank Reynolds is running a contest in which the girl with the best legs wins $1000. Patricia Ellis scoops the prize, but Reynolds skips town before paying her -- he's done this before. William sends Allen Jenkins to find Reynolds, which he does quickly. Unfortunately, Reynolds is dead with a pair of scissors stuck in him.
There's a lot of comedy in this short, with Genevieve Tobin as a saucy Della Street, as well as the usual assortment of actors available to Warner Brothers' programmers: Barton Maclane, Lyle Talbot, Porter Hall and Bud Jamison show up, as they have in previous entries, often playing totally different roles. A nicely tangled mystery under the direction of Archie Mayo, this 77-minute movie is fast moving and a fine little time waster.
There's a lot of comedy in this short, with Genevieve Tobin as a saucy Della Street, as well as the usual assortment of actors available to Warner Brothers' programmers: Barton Maclane, Lyle Talbot, Porter Hall and Bud Jamison show up, as they have in previous entries, often playing totally different roles. A nicely tangled mystery under the direction of Archie Mayo, this 77-minute movie is fast moving and a fine little time waster.