Just My Luck (1957 film)

Just My Luck
Directed by	John Paddy Carstairs
Produced by	Earl St. John Hugh Stewart
Written by	Peter Cusick Alfred Shaughnessy Peter Blackmore
Starring	Norman Wisdom Margaret Rutherford Jill Dixon
Music by	Philip Green
Cinematography	Jack E. Cox
Edited by	Roger Cherrill
Release dates	7 January 1958 (1958-01-07)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Just My Luck is a 1957 British sports comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom as a worker in a jewellery shop.

Plot

Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) works in a jewellers workshop and dreams about meeting the shop window dresser over the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant and is persuaded to bet a pound on a six horse accumulator at the Goodwood races. The bookie starts to worry when Norman, after winning on the first five races, looks like he could win over sixteen thousand pounds.

Cast

• Norman Wisdom as Norman Hackett (and his own father)
• Margaret Rutherford as Mrs. Dooley
• Jill Dixon as Anne
• Leslie Phillips as the Hon. Richard Lumb
• Delphi Lawrence as Miss Daviot
• Joan Sims as Phoebe
• Edward Chapman as Mr. Stoneway
• Peter Copley as Gilbert Weaver
• Vic Wise as Eddie Diamond
• Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Hackett
• Michael Ward as Cranley
• Marianne Stone as Tea Bar Attendant
• Felix Felton as Man in Cinema
• Michael Brennan as Masseur
• Cyril Chamberlain as Goodwood Official
• Eddie Leslie as Gas Man
• Freda Bamford as Mrs. Crossley
• Robin Bailey as Steward
• Campbell Cotts as Steward
• Sam Kydd as Craftsman
• Raymond Francis as Ritchie
• Ballard Berkeley as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
• Jerry Desmonde as Racegoer (uncredited)

External links

• Just My Luck at IMDb
• Just My Luck at screenonline