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Lucky Jim (1957)

Director: John Boulting

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From Time Out Film Guide

Kingsley Amis' novel about redbrick university life turned into likeable but harmless knockabout farce by the Boulting Brothers. The situation of accident-prone, caustic-minded young lecturer Jim Dixon having problems with his girlfriend and his professor - he was promptly annexed as an example of 'Angry Young Man' protest - here lacks all sense of satire, not surprisingly given the casting of the wet Carmichael in the central role. Cosy, undemanding, and quite forgettable.

Author: GA 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Director: John Boulting

Producer: Roy Boulting

Cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Sharon Acker, Maureen Connell, Jean Anderson, Clive Morton, Kenneth Griffith full cast

Duration: 95 mins


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