Lucky Jim (1957)
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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.
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Ian CarmichaelJim Dixon
Terry-ThomasBertrand Welch
Hugh GriffithProfessor Welch
Sharon AckerChristine Callaghan
Jean AndersonMrs. Welch
Maureen ConnellMargaret Peel
Clive MortonSir Hector Gore-Urquhart
John WelshThe Principal (as John Welch)
Reginald BeckwithUniversity Porter
Kenneth GriffithCyril Johns
Jeremy HawkBill AtkinsonRonald CardewRegistrarKeywords
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What is Lucky Jim about?
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.
How long is Lucky Jim?
Lucky Jim has a runtime of 95 minutes.