Before retiring from films to become Mrs.
Charles Boyer, actress
Pat Paterson was a popular and appealing Fox Studios leading lady. In Call it Luck, Paterson plays Pat Laurie, the daughter of humble London cabbie Herbert Bigglewade (
Herbert Mundin). Thanks to a winning sweepstakes ticket, Pat is catapulted into great wealth, thereby becoming easy prey for a team of con artists. Suckered into buying a broken-down race horse, our heroine nonetheless emerges a winner thanks to some quick thinking by her crafty dad. The nominal love interest is played by
Charles Starrett, who went on enjoy a longer association with horses as star of Columbia's "Durango Kid" western series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide