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Comedy

Lucky Jim

- A Rollicking Lampoon of University High- and Low-Life!

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.

Release Date : 1957-09-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : British Lion FilmsCharter Film ProductionsBoulting Brothers

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Ian Carmichael

Character Name : Jim Dixon

Original Name : Ian Carmichael

Gender : Male

Terry-Thomas

Character Name : Bertrand Welch

Original Name : Terry-Thomas

Gender : Male

Hugh Griffith

Character Name : Professor Welch

Original Name : Hugh Griffith

Gender : Male

Sharon Acker

Character Name : Christine Callaghan

Original Name : Sharon Acker

Gender : Female

Jean Anderson

Character Name : Mrs. Welch

Original Name : Jean Anderson

Gender : Female

Maureen Connell

Character Name : Margaret Peel

Original Name : Maureen Connell

Gender : Female

Clive Morton

Character Name : Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart

Original Name : Clive Morton

Gender : Male

John Welsh

Character Name : The Principal (as John Welch)

Original Name : John Welsh

Gender : Male

Reginald Beckwith

Character Name : University Porter

Original Name : Reginald Beckwith

Gender : Male

Kenneth Griffith

Character Name : Cyril Johns

Original Name : Kenneth Griffith

Gender : Male

Jeremy Hawk

Character Name : Bill Atkinson

Original Name : Jeremy Hawk

Gender : Male

Ronald Cardew

Character Name : Registrar

Original Name : Ronald Cardew

Gender : Male

Penny Morrell

Character Name : Miss Wilson

Original Name : Penny Morrell

Gender : Female

John Cairney

Character Name : Roberts

Original Name : John Cairney

Gender : Male

Ian Wilson

Character Name : Glee Singer

Original Name : Ian Wilson

Gender : Male

Charles Lamb

Character Name : Contractor

Original Name : Charles Lamb

Gender : Male

Henry B. Longhurst

Character Name : Professor Hutchinson (as Henry Longhurst)

Original Name : Henry B. Longhurst

Gender : Male

Jeremy Longhurst

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Jeremy Longhurst

Gender : Male

Al Fernhead

Character Name : Singer of "Lucky Jim" (voice)

Original Name : Al Fernhead

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-02-15

I think this is what they call a "loose" adaptation - this time of Kingsley Amis' eponymous novel - that follows the largely mis-adventures of young schoolmaster Ian Carmichael ("Jim Dixon") as he tries to teach his pupils, keep his job, arrange a vice-chancellor's ceremony and get the girl! The comedy is quickly paced, if a bit too obvious for my liking, and a great ensemble of British stalwarts including Hugh Griffith as his boss ("Prof. Welch) who bears a startling resemblance to the school gargoyle; Sharon Acker as the object of his clumsy affections ("Christine"), Margaret Connell, Reginald Beckwith and a scene-stealing performance from Terry-Thomas as the gently obnoxious "Bertrand" keep this heading, albeit somewhat bumpily, in the right direction until a bit of an excruciating ending. It's unlikely fans of the book with appreciate Patrick Campbell's adaptation here, but it's still a watchable semi-farce with some good efforts to enjoy.