Dead Lucky

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Dead Lucky
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Opening titles
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Written byMaurice Harrison
Sidney Nelson
Produced byRalph Bond
Robert Dunbar
Starring
CinematographyPeter Hennessy
Music byWilliam Davies
Distributed by British Lion Film Corporation
Release date
  • June 1960 (1960-06)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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 Nelson, and produced by Robert Dunbar for Act Films Ltd. [2]

Contents

A crime reporter teams up with a fashion journalist to investigate illegal goings-on at a Mayfair gambling club. [3]

Cast

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]

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References

  1. "Dead Lucky". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. 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)
  3. BFI.org
  4. "Leonard Cracknell". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 27 (312): 111. 1 January 1960 via ProQuest.