Million Dollar Legs (1932 film)
Million Dollar Legs is a 1932 American PreCode comedy film starring Jack Oakie and W. C. Fields, directed by Edward F. Cline, produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz cowriter of Citizen Kane and B. P. Schulberg, cowritten by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and released by Paramount Pictures. The movie was inspired by the 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, the rebellious cabinet ministers, who are determined to sabotage Klopstokias Olympic bid, have enlisted the services of Mata Machree, the Woman No Man Can Resist Lyda Roberti, a Mata Haribased spy character who sets out to destroy the Klopstokian teams morale by seducing each athlete and then setting them against each other in a collective brawl. Her efforts have the intended effect when the team arrives in Los Angeles they are in no condition to compete. After a pep talk from Tweeny fails to inspire them, Angela tracks down Mata, defeats her in an underwater fight, and forces a confession from her before the assembled team, which restores the athletes fighting spirit. They take to the field and begin winning events.By the time the weightlifting competition begins, Klopstokia needs only three more points for victory. In the films final scene, Tweeny excites The Presidents fierce temper in order to inspire him to a final superhuman effort. The President throws a 1000lb weight at Tweeny, missing him but winning both the weightlifting competition and the shot put for Klopstokia. ........
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