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Lucky Jo

  • 1964
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
287
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Eddie Constantine in Lucky Jo (1964)
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Jo the gangster has the formidable gift of bringing down the worst kind of catastrophes on the heads of his best friends. Thus everything would be perfect if Simon hadn't lent his car to Jo.Jo the gangster has the formidable gift of bringing down the worst kind of catastrophes on the heads of his best friends. Thus everything would be perfect if Simon hadn't lent his car to Jo.Jo the gangster has the formidable gift of bringing down the worst kind of catastrophes on the heads of his best friends. Thus everything would be perfect if Simon hadn't lent his car to Jo.

  • Director
    • Michel Deville
  • Writers
    • Pierre Lesou
    • Nina Companeez
    • Michel Deville
  • Stars
    • Eddie Constantine
    • Pierre Brasseur
    • Georges Wilson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    287
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michel Deville
    • Writers
      • Pierre Lesou
      • Nina Companeez
      • Michel Deville
    • Stars
      • Eddie Constantine
      • Pierre Brasseur
      • Georges Wilson
    • 6User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Eddie Constantine and Christiane Minazzoli in Lucky Jo (1964)
    Eddie Constantine in Lucky Jo (1964)
    Eddie Constantine in Lucky Jo (1964)
    Eddie Constantine, Anouk Ferjac, and Christiane Minazzoli in Lucky Jo (1964)

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    Eddie Constantine
    Eddie Constantine
    • Christopher Joett dit Lucky Jo
    Pierre Brasseur
    Pierre Brasseur
    • Le commissaire Loudéac
    Georges Wilson
    Georges Wilson
    • Simon Archambault
    Christiane Minazzoli
    Christiane Minazzoli
    • Adeline
    Jean-Pierre Darras
    Jean-Pierre Darras
    • Napo
    André Cellier
    André Cellier
    • Gabriel Farcasse
    • (as Andre Cellier)
    Christian Barbier
    • Le commissaire Odile
    Anouk Ferjac
    Anouk Ferjac
    • La femme importunée dans le bar
    Marcelle Ranson-Hervé
    • La patronne de l'hôtel Wagram
    • (as Marcelle Ranson)
    Jean-Paul Cisife
    • Paul Garnier
    Jean-Pierre Rambal
    Jean-Pierre Rambal
    • Le commissaire Guillaumet
    Pierre Asso
    • Raton
    Pierre Le Rumeur
    • Zani, un receleur
    Jacques Echantillon
    • inspecteur Thierry
    Willy Braque
    • Raymond Garcia
    Jean-Pierre Moutier
    • Le barman de Napo
    Bernard Mongourdin
    • Un inspecteur
    Claude Brasseur
    Claude Brasseur
    • Loudéac Fils dit Junior
    • Director
      • Michel Deville
    • Writers
      • Pierre Lesou
      • Nina Companeez
      • Michel Deville
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    • Trivia
      Underwent a 2K restoration through the L21 lab, with support from the CNC.
    • Connections
      Featured in My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      J'Aime mon Totor
      Music by Georges Delerue

      Lyrics by Nina Companeez

      Performed by Françoise Arnoul

    User reviews6

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    9/10
    All Paris chasing Eddie, getting into trouble for playing straight
    Eddie Constantine was a phenomenon, of Russian ancestry, a singer educated in Vienna, American citizen but better at French than English, making his career in Paris, first as a singer, then as perhaps the most hard-boiled noir actor of all. This film is more positively entertaining than noir, there are some hilarious fighting scenes, in the last one an entire restaurant is demolished by obstinate hoodlums knocking Eddie about but getting more knocked out themselves, and the story is actually ingenious. It starts with four gangsters doing a series of robberies that fail, one after the other, always followed by three of them waiting for the fourth to come out of jail, to then start all over again, organizing the next job. The last time Eddie comes ut, there is no one to meet him, and he learns, that the others have tired of, what they term, the bad luck he brings. Instead there are other gangsters doing jobs in this way, and he finds himself collecting their bodies. Several dames are involved, it seems to get really serious, but Pierre Brasseur as the police inspector knows and understands his Eddie. It is a very interesting and underrated film, and Eddie Constantine is one of those actors whose mere name in the cast ensures a film worth watching.
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    • Release date
      • November 11, 1964 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld (France)
    • Languages
      • French
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Gangster-Eddie
    • Production companies
      • Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
      • Les Films Sirius
      • Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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