Mr. Lucky (1943)
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One of Cary Grant's most financially successful 1940s vehicles, Mr. Lucky finds Grant atypically cast as a shifty, out-for-number-one gambler. Having dodged the draft by adopting the identity of a dead man, Grant sets his sights on purchasing a fancy gambling ship. To raise the necessary funds,… More One of Cary Grant's most financially successful 1940s vehicles, Mr. Lucky finds Grant atypically cast as a shifty, out-for-number-one gambler. Having dodged the draft by adopting the identity of a dead man, Grant sets his sights on purchasing a fancy gambling ship. To raise the necessary funds, he pretends to be working hand in glove with the American War Relief society. Once he meets Laraine Day, however, Grant is seized by an uncontrollable bout of honesty. It takes him awhile, but he finally does the right thing. The film is framed in flashback, as old seaman Charles Bickford explains why a tearful Laraine Day waits at the dock each evening for a certain ship to come in. Also in the cast is Paul Stewart as a cold-eyed but nonetheless semi-comic hoodlum, and Kay Johnson and Gladys Cooper as elegant but gullible society women. The best aspect of this breezy comedy-drama is Grant's cockney propensity for "rhyming slang," a running gag better heard than described. Mr. Lucky was later adapted into a TV series in 1959, with John Vivyan in the Cary Grant part and with Blake Edwards at the production controls. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- H.C. Potter
- Written By
- Milton Holmes, Adrian Scott
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1943 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
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Cary Grant
as Joe Adams
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Laraine Day
as Dorothy Bryant
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Charles Bickford
as Hard Swede
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Gladys Cooper
as Capt. Steadman
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Alan Carney
as Crunk
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Henry Stephenson
as Mr. Bryant
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Paul Stewart
as Zepp
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Kay Johnson
as Mrs. Ostrander
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Erford Gage
as Gaffer
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Walter Kingsford
as Convoy Commissioner Hargraves
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J.M. Kerrigan
as McDougal
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Edward Fielding
as Foster
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Vladimir Sokoloff
as Greek Priest
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Florence Bates
as Mrs. Van Every
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John Bleifer
as Siga
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Don Brodie
as Dealer
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Charles Cane
as Comstock
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Rita Corday
as Girl
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Joseph Crehan
as Detective
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Kernan Cripps
as Detective
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Hal K. Dawson
as Draft Board Director
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Budd Fine
as Stevedore
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Ray Flynn
as Cop
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Mary Forbes
as Dowager
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Jack Gargan
as Reporter
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Sam Harris
as Gambling Extra
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Ariel Heath
as Girl
- Al Murphy
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Emory Parnell
as Dock Watchman
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Hilda Plowright
as Maid
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Robert Strange
as Captain Costello
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Mary Stuart
as Girl
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Juan Varro
as Joe Bascopolus
- Isabel Withers
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Lloyd Ingraham
as Taxi Driver
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Charles Lane
as Comstock
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Frank Mills
as Workman at Slot Machine
- Sam Finn
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Fred Rapport
as Gambler
- Al Rhein
- Art Yeoman
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Frank Henry
as Reporter on Street
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Daphne Moore
as Nurse
