Million Dollar Legs
It's Insane -- It's Joyous
Comedyspyolympic gamespresidentlos angeles, californiapre-codefictitious countryolympic athletecabinetsurreal comedynonsense humor
A gleefully absurdist pre-code comedy that abandons narrative logic entirely in favor of rapid-fire gags, surreal situations, and anarchic humor centered on a fictional country's Olympic adventure.
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Essence
Ensemble
Jack Oakie
Migg Tweeny
W.C. Fields
The President
Andy Clyde
The Major-Domo
Lyda Roberti
Mata Machree
Susan Fleming
Angela
Ben Turpin
Mysterious Man
Hugh Herbert
Secretary of the Treasury
George Barbier
Mr. Baldwin
Dickie Moore
Willie (Angela's Brother)
Ernie Adams
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Samuel Adams
Secretary of State (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Secretary of War (uncredited)
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