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1949 (West Germany) morePlot:
A gambler falls in love with a naive young girl. He thinks she is bringing him good luck. Then his main... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Decidedly novellettish moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Glynis Johns | ... | Joan |
| Dermot Walsh | ... | Lucky |
| Charles Goldner | ... | Flash |
| Harcourt Williams | ... | Doc |
| Yvonne Owen | ... | Peggy |
| Helen Haye | ... | Old Lady |
| John Stuart | ... | Inspector |
| Harold Berens | ... | Young Waiter |
| Ballard Berkeley | ... | Bertram |
| Sebastian Cabot | ... | Bennett |
| Millicent Wolf | ... | Matron |
| Jean Short | ... | Nurse |
| Jack Tottenham | ... | Croupier |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tom Block | ||
| Marianne Deeming | ... | Madame Therese |
| Bruce Walker | ||
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"Third Time Lucky" is a rather predictable romance aimed primarily at women. It shows in extended flashback how Joan (Glynis Johns), a nice young lady from Finchley, comes to get incongruously mixed up with Soho gangsters and guns. A chance encounter with a debonair professional gambler called Lucky (Dermot Walsh) draws her into a glamorous and unfamiliar world of roulette, champagne, and Mayfair nightclubs. Eventually, of course, Lucky fails to merit his name - and then dear Joan finds herself in danger of going to the dogs (and I don't just mean the greyhound races).
This is a passable film on its own decidedly novellettish terms. It even features a recurring song in Ivor Novello style with the title "Forgive me for dreaming". There are melodramatic moments and the last half-hour may tax the patience.
"Are we really still in London?" Joan asks at one point. Well may she wonder. "Third Time Lucky" is less an evocation of post-war Britain than a modest attempt to replicate the high-life and low-life milieux of a certain type of American popular movie of that era. Import substitution to help the balance of the payments perhaps?