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Third Time Lucky (1949 film)

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Director
  
Gordon Parry

Music director
  
Stanley Black

Duration
  

Language
  
English

5.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Crime, Drama

Screenplay
  
Gerald Butler

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Release date
  
April 1958 (UK)

Writer
  
Gerald Butler (novel), Gerald Butler (screenplay)

Cast
  
Glynis Johns
(Joan),
Dermot Walsh
(Lucky),
Charles Goldner
(Flash),
Harcourt Williams
(Doc),
Sebastian Cabot
(Bennett)

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Third Time Lucky is a 1949 British crime drama film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Glynis Johns, Dermot Walsh and Charles Goldner; Michael Hordern appears in the small uncredited role of "2nd Doctor". The film was made by producer Mario Zampi and released by General Film Distributors. It was shot at Twickenham and Southall Studios.

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Plot

A compulsive gambler falls in love with a woman, and believes she is bringing him luck. Unfortunately one of his gambling rivals has also caught her eye.

Cast

  • Joan Burns – Glynis Johns
  • Lucky – Dermot Walsh
  • Flash Charles – Charles Goldner
  • Doc – Harcourt Williams
  • Peggy – Yvonne Owen
  • Old Lady – Helen Haye
  • Inspector – John Stuart
  • Young Waiter – Harold Berens
  • Bertram – Ballard Berkeley
  • Benny Bennett – Sebastian Cabot
  • Jimmy – Bruce Walker
  • Madame Therese – Marianne Deeming
  • Matron – Millicent Wolf
  • Nurse – Jean Short
  • 2nd Doctor – Michael Hordern
  • Girl Crooner – Edna Kaye
  • Chief Croupier – Jack Tottenham
  • Dice Croupier – Tom Block

    • Critical reception

  • TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, and called it an "average British programmer".
  • Radio Times , again giving the film two (but this time out of five) stars, wrote, "Gordon Parry (in fairness, directing only his second feature) fails to capture the seedy world of gambling dens and backstreet drinking joints."

    • References

    Third Time Lucky (1949 film) Wikipedia
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    Third Time Lucky (1949 film) IMDb