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Million Dollar Legs (1932)

Million Dollar Legs poster
Directed by
Edward F. Cline
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 04m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small country decides to enter the Olympics. They have a very unusual team and face many obstacles.

wackyzanyfast-pacedslapstickabsurdlightheartedenergeticsilly

What happens

Million Dollar Legs is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Oakie and W.C. Fields, directed by Edward F. Cline, produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz (co-writer of Citizen Kane) and B.P. Schulberg, co-written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was inspired by the 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, California. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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