United Kingdom / Sep 17, 1957 / U
A Rollicking Lampoon of University High- and Low-Life!
1h 35min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Margaret Peel, a friend of the Professor's. All-in-all, the pub is the only friendly place to be. His misery is completed at a dreadful weekend gathering of the Welch clan by the arrival of son Bertrand. Not so much that Betrand is loud-mouthed and boorish - which he is - but that he has as companion Christine Callaghan, the sort of marvellous and unattainable woman Jim can only dream about.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| John Welsh | The Principal (as John Welch) |
| Reginald Beckwith | University Porter |
| Kenneth Griffith | Cyril Johns |
| Jeremy Hawk | Bill Atkinson |
| Ronald Cardew | Registrar |
| Penny Morrell | Miss Wilson |
| John Cairney | Roberts |
| Ian Wilson | Glee Singer |
| Charles Lamb | Contractor |
| Henry B. Longhurst | Professor Hutchinson (as Henry Longhurst) |
| Jeremy Longhurst | Waiter |
| Al Fernhead | Singer of "Lucky Jim" (voice) |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Lucky Jim |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | British Lion Films, Charter Film Productions, Boulting Brothers |
| Release date | 17 settembre 1957 |
| Production | Roy Boulting |
| Writer | Kingsley Amis, Patrick Campbell |
| Editing | Max Benedict |
| Cinematography | Max Greene, Ray Sturgess |
| Assistant directors | Philip Shipway, John Boulting, Beryl Booth |
| Camera operators | Ray Sturgess, Max Greene |
| Additional photography | Ray Sturgess, Max Greene |
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| Production design | Reg Bream, Elliot Scott |
| Art direction | Reg Bream, Elliot Scott |
| Set decoration | Reg Bream, Elliot Scott |
| Music | John Addison, J.B. Smith, Jim Shields, Sid Wiles, Fred V. Bowers, Charles Horwitz |
| Sound | J.B. Smith, Jim Shields, John Addison, Sid Wiles, Fred V. Bowers, Charles Horwitz |
| Costume design | Polly Young, Eric Aylott |
| Makeup | Eric Aylott, Polly Young |
| Hairstyling | Polly Young, Eric Aylott |
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