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Lucky Break
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Title: Lucky Break

Release Date: 24 Aug 2001

Runtime: 1h 47m

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Director: Lucky Break Productions, Fragile Films, Film4 Productions, Senator Film, Miramax, Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Lucky Break Productions, Fragile Films, Film4 Productions, Senator Film, Miramax, Paramount Pictures

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?

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.2 (34 votes)

Cast

  • James 'Jimmy' Hands: James Nesbitt
  • Annabel: Olivia Williams
  • Cliff: Timothy Spall
  • Graham Mortimer: Christopher Plummer
  • Roger: Bill Nighy
  • Rudy: Lennie James
  • Perry: Ron Cook
  • George Barratt: Peter Wight
  • Amy: Celia Imrie
  • Darren: Raymond Waring
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