Lucky Jim

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Lucky Jim

1957Movie1 h 35 min

51

MediocreGoodWatch score

51

MediocreGoodWatch score

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Summary

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.

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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 51GoodWatch 52
Letterboxd · 370 ratings3.2/5
IMDb6.0
Audience score28%
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for comedies, −5 min on the typical 100
typical 10095
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1957
September 17, 1957
69 years ago
Genre
Comedy
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
and 11 more
19 people
Directing · 3
John Boulting Director
Philip Shipway Assistant Director
Beryl Booth Continuity
Writing · 2
Patrick Campbell Screenplay
Kingsley Amis Novel
Production · 2
Roy Boulting Producer
Henry Passmore Production Supervisor
Camera · 2
Max Greene Director of Photography
Ray Sturgess Camera Operator
Editing · 1
Max Benedict Editor
Sound · 6
John Addison Original Music Composer, Music Director
Sid Wiles Sound Recordist
Fred V. Bowers Songs
J.B. Smith Sound Recordist
Charles Horwitz Songs
Jim Shields Sound Editor
Art · 2
Elliot Scott Set Designer
Reg Bream Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 2
Polly Young Hairdresser
Eric Aylott Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
Jeffrey Dell Additional Writing

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