Lucky Break (2001)

ALL 08/24/2001 (en) Comedy, Crime 107 Min
  • Release
    08/24/2001
  • Production
    Lucky Break Productions, Fragile Films, Film4 Productions, Senator Film, Miramax, Paramount Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    62%
  • Original title
    Lucky Break
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?

  1. Peter Cattaneo

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Gamble

    Editor



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Casts

  1. James Nesbitt

    James 'Jimmy' Hands

  2. Olivia Williams

    Annabel

  3. Timothy Spall

    Cliff

  4. Christopher Plummer

    Graham Mortimer

  5. Bill Nighy

    Roger

  6. Lennie James

    Rudy

  7. Ron Cook

    Perry

  8. Peter Wight

    George Barratt

  9. Celia Imrie

    Amy

  10. Raymond Waring

    Darren

  11. John Pierce Jones

    Mad Lenny

  12. Peter McNamara

    Ward

  13. Ram John Holder

    Old Billy Morris

  14. Julian Barratt

    Paul Dean

  15. Frank Harper

    John Toombes

  16. Desmond McNamara

    Arthur

  17. Andy Linden

    Kenny

  18. Annette Bentley

    Julie Gumbell

  19. William Howe

    Ritchie Gumbell

  20. Ofo Uhiara

    Wayne Wayne

  21. Brian Abbott

    Phillips

  22. Georgie Glen

    Audience Member

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 22 , Crews : 49

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Lucky Break (2001) 107 Min

ALL 08/24/2001 (en)
Comedy, Crime
  • Release 08/24/2001
  • Production
    Lucky Break Productions, Fragile Films, Film4 Productions, Senator Film, Miramax, Paramount Pictures
  • Original title Lucky Break
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?

  1. Peter Cattaneo

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Gamble

    Editor

  4. Barnaby Thompson, Peter Cattaneo

    Producer