Cast
Ian Carmichael
as Jim Dixon
Terry-Thomas
as Bertrand Welch
Hugh Griffith
as Professor Welch
Sharon Acker
as Christine Callaghan
Jean Anderson
as Mrs. Welch
Maureen Connell
as Margaret Peel
Clive Morton
as Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart
John Welsh
as The Principal (as John Welch)
Reginald Beckwith
as University Porter
Kenneth Griffith
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1957
Runtime1h 35m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationU
GenresComedy
Votes26
DirectorJohn Boulting
WritersPatrick Campbell
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.4 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsLucky Jim
About Lucky Jim
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.
Directed by John Boulting, Lucky Jim leans on a strong ensemble — Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1957.
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