Call It Luck

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.

Cast

Pat Paterson

as Pat Laurie

Herbert Mundin

as Herbert Biggelwade

Charles Starrett

as Stan Russell

Gordon Westcott

as 'Lucky' Luke Bartlett

Georgia Caine

as Amy Lark

Theodore von Eltz

as Nat Underwood

Reginald Mason

as Lord Poindexter

Ernest Wood

as Sid Carter

Ray Mayer

as 'Brainwave' Flynn

Susan Fleming

as Alice Blue

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