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Lucky Break

6.2 107 mins Comedy   Crime   2001
Lucky Break Productions   Fragile Films   Film4 Productions   Senator Film   Miramax   Paramount Pictures  
Director(s): Peter Cattaneo

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?

Casts of Lucky Break

James Nesbitt

as James 'Jimmy' Hands

Olivia Williams

as Annabel

Timothy Spall

as Cliff

Christopher Plummer

as Graham Mortimer

Bill Nighy

as Roger

Lennie James

as Rudy

Ron Cook

as Perry

Peter Wight

as George Barratt

Celia Imrie

as Amy

Raymond Waring

as Darren

John Pierce Jones

as Mad Lenny

Peter McNamara

as Ward

Ram John Holder

as Old Billy Morris

Julian Barratt

as Paul Dean

Frank Harper

as John Toombes

Desmond McNamara

as Arthur

Andy Linden

as Kenny

Annette Bentley

as Julie Gumbell

William Howe

as Ritchie Gumbell

Ofo Uhiara

as Wayne Wayne

Brian Abbott

as Phillips

Georgie Glen

as Audience Member

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