Call It Luck

Call It Luck

★ 8.0IMDb Score
Released:1934-07-09
Duration:65 min
Director:James Tinling
Actors:Pat Paterson, Herbert Mundin, Charles Starrett, Gordon Westcott, Georgia Caine
Production:Fox Film Corporation

Overview:

A London taxicab driver cashes in on a big sweepstakes ticket and becomes the prey of a confidence-gang that sells him a nag of a cavalry horse on the claim that it is a brother to a current Derby winner.

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