Lucky Jim

~ A Rollicking Lampoon of University High- and Low-Life! ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

John Boulting

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

professor
university

Cast

Ian Carmichael

~ as ~

Jim Dixon

Terry-Thomas

~ as ~

Bertrand Welch

Hugh Griffith

~ as ~

Professor Welch

Sharon Acker

~ as ~

Christine Callaghan

Jean Anderson

~ as ~

Mrs. Welch

Maureen Connell

~ as ~

Margaret Peel

Clive Morton

~ as ~

Sir Hector Gore-Urquhart

John Welsh

~ as ~

The Principal (as John Welch)

Reginald Beckwith

~ as ~

University Porter

Kenneth Griffith

~ as ~

Cyril Johns

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
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 comedy 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.