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| Just My Luck | |
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| Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Written by | Peter Cusick Alfred Shaughnessy Peter Blackmore |
| Produced by | Earl St. John Hugh Stewart |
| Starring | Norman Wisdom Margaret Rutherford Jill Dixon Leslie Phillips |
| Cinematography | Jack E. Cox |
| Edited by | Roger Cherrill |
| Music by | Philip Green |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Just My Luck is a 1957 British sports comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Jill Dixon and Leslie Phillips.[1] It was written by Peter Cusick, Alfred Shaughnessy and Peter Blackmore.
Plot
[edit]Norman Hackett is employed in a jeweller's workshop and is innocently preoccupied with dreaming of meeting the window dresser in the shop across the street from his workplace. He wants to purchase a diamond pendant for her and, after persuasion, gambles a pound on a six-horse accumulator at the Goodwood races. The bookmaker grows concerned when it appears Hackett, after winning on the first five races, could win over £16,000.
Cast
[edit]- Norman Wisdom as Norman Hackett (and his own father)
- Margaret Rutherford as Mrs. Dooley
- Jill Dixon as Anne
- Leslie Phillips as the Hon. Richard Lumb
- Delphi Lawrence as Miss Daviot
- Joan Sims as Phoebe
- Edward Chapman as Mr. Stoneway
- Peter Copley as Gilbert Weaver
- Vic Wise as Eddie Diamond
- Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Hackett
- Michael Ward as Cranley
- Marianne Stone as tea bar attendant
- Felix Felton as man in cinema
- Michael Brennan as masseur
- Cyril Chamberlain as Goodwood official
- Eddie Leslie as gas man
- Freda Bamford as Mrs. Crossley
- Robin Bailey as steward
- Campbell Cotts as steward
- Sam Kydd as craftsman
- Raymond Francis as Ritchie
- Ballard Berkeley as starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
- Jerry Desmonde as racegoer (uncredited)
- Hal Osmond as hospital visitor with flowers (uncredited)
Production
[edit]The film was shot at Pinewood Studios near London with sets designed by the art director Ernest Archer.
Reception
[edit]Box office
[edit]Kinematograph Weekly listed it as being "in the money" at the British box office in 1958.[2]
Critical reception
[edit]Monthly Film Bulletin said "With a good script and firm, imaginative direction, Norman Wisdom might still be able to make an individual contribution to British comedy. This however is a rather thin "yes-it-is-no-it-isn't" affair, which shows little real appreciation of Wisdom's characteristic qualities."[3]
Leslie Halliwell said: "Flat star vehicle."[4]
According to BFI Screenonline, "Just My Luck is not a piece of comedic genius, nor even the best of Wisdom's films, but it's an amiable, well-constructed piece that recalls a gentler age".[5]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "good", writing: "Pleasant Wisdom comedy, if hardly tailored to his talents."[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Just My Luck". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Billings, Josh (18 December 1958). "Others in the Money". Kinematograph Weekly. p. 7.
- ^ "Just My Luck". Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 6. 1958 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Halliwell, Leslie (1989). Halliwell's Film Guide (7th ed.). London: Paladin. p. 550. ISBN 0586088946.
- ^ Innes, John (2003–14). "Just My Luck (1957)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 332. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
External links
[edit]- Just My Luck at IMDb
- Just My Luck at the BFI's Screenonline
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