Lucky Jim
A Rollicking Lampoon of University High- and Low-Life!
1957 | 95m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | John Boulting |
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| Writer: | Kingsley Amis, Patrick Campbell |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Sep 17, 1957 |
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| Director: | John Boulting |
| Writer: | Kingsley Amis, Patrick Campbell |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | professor, university |
| Production Companies | British Lion Films, Charter Film Productions, Boulting Brothers |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ian Carmichael | Jim Dixon |
| Terry-Thomas | Bertrand Welch |
| Hugh Griffith | Professor Welch |
| Sharon Acker | Christine Callaghan |
| Jean Anderson | Mrs. Welch |
| Maureen Connell | Margaret Peel |
| Clive Morton | Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart |
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Boulting | Director |
| Kingsley Amis | Novel |
| Patrick Campbell | Screenplay |
| Reg Bream | Assistant Art Director |
| Elliot Scott | Set Designer |
| Jeffrey Dell | Additional Writing |
| Henry Passmore | Production Supervisor |
| Max Benedict | Editor |
| Philip Shipway | Assistant Director |
| Ray Sturgess | Camera Operator |
| Beryl Booth | Continuity |
| Sid Wiles | Sound Recordist |
| J.B. Smith | Sound Recordist |
| Jim Shields | Sound Editor |
| Eric Aylott | Makeup Artist |
| Polly Young | Hairdresser |
| John Addison | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| Max Greene | Director of Photography |
| Fred V. Bowers | Songs |
| Charles Horwitz | Songs |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roy Boulting | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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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 com ... edy 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.