Dead Lucky
1960 British film by Montgomery Tully
- Vincent Ball
- Betty McDowall
- John Le Mesurier
- Alfred Burke
- Michael Ripper
Release date
- June 1960 (1960-06)
Running time
Dead Lucky is a 1960 British crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Vincent Ball, Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, Alfred Burke and Michael Ripper.[1] The film was written by Maurice Harrison and Sidney Nelse, and produced by Robert Dunbar for Act Films Ltd.[2]
A crime reporter teams up with a fashion journalist to investigate illegal goings-on at a Mayfair gambling club.[3]
Cast
- Vincent Ball as Mike Billing
- Betty McDowall as Jenny Drew
- John Le Mesurier as Inspector Corcoran
- Alfred Burke as Knocker Parsons
- Michael Ripper as Percy Simpson
- Sam Kydd as Harry Winston
- Chili Bouchier as Mrs Winston
- John Charlesworth as Honorable Stanley Dewsbury
- Frederick Piper as Harvey Walters
- Brian Worth as Lucky Lewis
- John Dearth as Torrance
- Joan Heal as barmaid
- John H. Watson as police sergeant
- André Mikhelson as croupier
- Robert Raglan as Assistant Commissioner
- Leon Peers as layer
- John Dawson as cashier
- Leonard Cracknell as copy boy
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Bright and ingenuous, this rough and ready marriage of comedy and whodunit breezes along in such a way as to disguise much of its triteness of story and dialogue. Alfred Burke and John Le Mesurier make the best of the few acting opportunities going; otherwise eagerness prevails over lack of initiative and surprise."[4]
References
- ^ "Dead Lucky". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Action! Fifty Years in the Life of a Union. Published: 1983 (UK). Publisher: ACTT. ISBN 0 9508993 0 5. ACT Films Limited - Ralph Bond p81 (producer listed as Robert Dunbar)
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Leonard Cracknell". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 111. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.
External links
- Dead Lucky at IMDb
- Dead Lucky then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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Films directed by Montgomery Tully
- Murder in Reverse (1945)
- Spring Song (1946)
- Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
- Boys in Brown (1949)
- A Tale of Five Cities (1951)
- Girdle of Gold (1952)
- Small Town Story (1953)
- 36 Hours (1953)
- The Diamond (1954)
- Five Days (1954)
- Devil's Point (1954)
- The Glass Cage (1955)
- Dial 999 (1955)
- The Counterfeit Plan (1957)
- No Road Back (1957)
- The Key Man (1957)
- The Hypnotist (1957)
- Man in the Shadow (1957)
- The Diplomatic Corpse (1958)
- Escapement (1958)
- The Strange Awakening (1958)
- The Long Knife (1958)
- Man with a Gun (1958)
- I Only Arsked! (1958)
- Man Accused (1959)
- The Price of Silence (1960)
- Jackpot (1960)
- Dead Lucky (1960)
- The House in Marsh Road (1960)
- Two Wives at One Wedding (1961)
- The Third Alibi (1961)
- Middle Course (1961)
- She Knows Y'Know (1962)
- Out of the Fog (1962)
- Clash by Night (1963)
- Master Spy (1964)
- Who Killed the Cat? (1966)
- The Terrornauts (1967)
- Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
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