The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Howard J. Green, J.P. McEvoy and Damon Runyon. The film stars Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, William Frawley, Minna Gombell, Baby LeRoy, Kitty Kelly and Henry B. Walthall. It was released on September 28, 1934, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

Con artist and racetrack tout Wally Brooks hands a lemon drop to a man in a wheelchair, promising that it will cure whatever ails him, and then persuades the man, a millionaire named Griggsby, to bet $100 on a horse. Wally knows that the horse cannot win and intends to pocket the stake. However, when the horse does win, Wally and his partner Dunhill, known as "The Professor", flee before Griggsby can find them and collect his winnings.