British Comedy Guide
Lucky Jim. James Dixon (Ian Carmichael)
Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim

  • 1957 film

Ian Carmichael stars in a humorous romp based on the novel by Kingsley Amis about an unlucky lecturer. Also features Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Sharon Acker, Jean Anderson, Maureen Connell and more.

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Press clippings

A Boulting brothers comedy based on Kingsley Amis's bestselling satirical novel. Little satire here, though: the casting of Ian Carmichael as the eponymous hero, with Terry-Thomas in attendance, points to a more broadly farcical intent. The angry young university lecturer Jim Dixon is invited to the house of pompous professor Hugh Griffith for the weekend, where he is acutely accident-prone.

Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 4th January 2018

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