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, he… 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

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 8 hr. 23 min.
Directed By: H.C. Potter
Written By: Milton Holmes, Adrian Scott
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1943 Wide
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

            Cary Grant as Joe Adams

            Laraine Day as Dorothy Bryant

            Charles Bickford as Hard Swede

            Gladys Cooper as Capt. Steadman

            Alan Carney as Crunk

            Henry Stephenson as Mr. Bryant

            Paul Stewart as Zepp

            Kay Johnson as Mrs. Ostrander

            Erford Gage as Gaffer

            Walter Kingsford as Convoy Commissioner Hargraves

            J.M. Kerrigan as McDougal

            Edward Fielding as Foster

            Vladimir Sokoloff as Greek Priest

            Florence Bates as Mrs. Van Every

            John Bleifer as Siga

            Don Brodie as Dealer

            Charles Cane as Comstock

            Rita Corday as Girl

            Joseph Crehan as Detective

            Kernan Cripps as Detective

            Hal K. Dawson as Draft Board Director

            Budd Fine as Stevedore

            Ray Flynn as Cop

            Mary Forbes as Dowager

            Jack Gargan as Reporter

            Sam Harris as Gambling Extra

            Ariel Heath as Girl

            Al Murphy
            
            Emory Parnell as Dock Watchman

            Hilda Plowright as Maid

            Robert Strange as Captain Costello

            Mary Stuart as Girl

            Juan Varro as Joe Bascopolus

            Isabel Withers
            
            Lloyd Ingraham as Taxi Driver

            Charles Lane as Comstock

            Frank Mills as Workman at Slot Machine

            Sam Finn
            
            Fred Rapport as Gambler

            Al Rhein
            
            Art Yeoman
            
            Frank Henry as Reporter on Street

            Daphne Moore as Nurse
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