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Lucky Jim (1957)

Lucky Jim poster
Directed by
John Boulting
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
U
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young university lecturer tries to keep his job and win the heart of a colleague's girlfriend. He fumbles through awkward social situations and schemes to get ahead.

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What happens

Lucky Jim is a 1957 British comedy film directed by John Boulting and starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Hugh Griffith. It is an adaptation of the 1954 novel Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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