Lucky Jim

1h 35min

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

British Lion Films

Charter Film Productions

Boulting Brothers

Cast

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Bertrand Welch
Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Professor Welch
Sharon Acker

Sharon Acker

Christine Callaghan
Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

Mrs. Welch
Maureen Connell

Maureen Connell

Margaret Peel
Clive Morton

Clive Morton

Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart
John Welsh

John Welsh

The Principal (as John Welch)
Reginald Beckwith

Reginald Beckwith

University Porter
Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Cyril Johns
Jeremy Hawk

Jeremy Hawk

Bill Atkinson
Ronald Cardew

Ronald Cardew

Registrar
Penny Morrell

Penny Morrell

Miss Wilson
Ian Wilson

Ian Wilson

Glee Singer
Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb

Contractor
Henry B. Longhurst

Henry B. Longhurst

Professor Hutchinson (as Henry Longhurst)
Al Fernhead

Al Fernhead

Singer of "Lucky Jim" (voice)

Release date

17th Sep 1957

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English