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The Lucky Number

  • 19321932
  • 1h 12m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
64
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Gordon Harker and Clifford Mollison in The Lucky Number (1932)
  • Comedy
  • Musical
  • Romance
A footballer loses a winning lottery ticket and must regain it before time runs out on him cashing it in.A footballer loses a winning lottery ticket and must regain it before time runs out on him cashing it in.A footballer loses a winning lottery ticket and must regain it before time runs out on him cashing it in.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
64
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Anthony Asquith
  • Writers
    • Anthony Asquith(scenario)
    • Douglas Furber(additional dialogue)
    • Franz Schulz(story)
  • Stars
    • Clifford Mollison
    • Gordon Harker
    • Joan Wyndham
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  • Director
    • Anthony Asquith
  • Writers
    • Anthony Asquith(scenario)
    • Douglas Furber(additional dialogue)
    • Franz Schulz(story)
  • Stars
    • Clifford Mollison
    • Gordon Harker
    • Joan Wyndham
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    • 6User reviews
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    Clifford Mollison
    Clifford Mollison
    • Percy Gibbs
    Gordon Harker
    Gordon Harker
    • A Hackney Man
    Joan Wyndham
    • Minnie Sullivan
    Frank Pettingell
    Frank Pettingell
    • Mr. Brown
    Joe Hayman
    • Mr. MacDonald
    Hetty Hartley
    • Mrs. MacDonald
    Esme Percy
    Esme Percy
    • The Chairman
    Hay Petrie
    Hay Petrie
    • The Photographer
    • (as D. Hay Petrie)
    Alfred Wellesley
    • The Pickpocket
    Mike Johnson
    • Deaf Man in Pub
    • (uncredited)
    Wally Patch
    • Bookmaker at Greyhound Stadium
    • (uncredited)
    George Spence
    • Football Match Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Anthony Asquith
    • Writers
      • Anthony Asquith(scenario)
      • Douglas Furber(additional dialogue)
      • Franz Schulz(story)
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    • Quotes

      Minnie Sullivan: [They are looking for a pawnbroker called MacDonald] Please could you tell us where we could find Mr MacDonald?

      Mr. MacDonald: [in a heavy Jewish accent] I am Mr. MacDonald.

      Mr. MacDonald: [Percy looks skeptical] Well, why not? I am a naturalised Scotsman.

      Percy Gibbs: Oh! Oh, I'm a Scotsman too!

      Mr. MacDonald: What? You're Scotch?

      Percy Gibbs: Well, naturalised - I used to play for Chelsea!

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    7/10
    Bring Back the Arsenal to Me
    Clifford Mollinson has been kicked out of football (the British variety) because he kicked a fan by accident. A couple of years later, he finds himself in Highbury with a ticket for a French lottery. He uses it to pay a bar bill to Gordon Harker, then discovers it is the winning ticket -- fourteen thousand pounds, and only Joan Wyndham to help him recover it.

    I was struck that this movie, directed by Anthony Asquith, looked like a Hitchcock comedy -- if Hitchcock ever directed a sentimental musical comedy. Part of the reason is the dark cinematography, a lot of it shot around Highbury after dark, by German cameraman Gunther Krampf and Hitchcock camera operator Derick Williams. It's far too silly for Hitchcock, whose comedies tended towards the lugubrious, but charming for all of that. For Arsenal fans, there is a closing montage of a game with several of the current players on the field. Joe Hayman also has a funny turn as a very Jewish pawn broker named MacDonald.
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    • Jul 29, 2017

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    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Gainsborough Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 12 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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