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A gambler has plans to swindle money from a charity program, but starts to have second thoughts when he falls for a rich society girl.A gambler has plans to swindle money from a charity program, but starts to have second thoughts when he falls for a rich society girl.A gambler has plans to swindle money from a charity program, but starts to have second thoughts when he falls for a rich society girl.
Edwin August
- Blood Bank Donor
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Passerby
- (uncredited)
John Bleifer
- Siga
- (uncredited)
Don Brodie
- Gaffer - Henchman
- (uncredited)
George Calliga
- Gambler
- (uncredited)
Charles Cane
- Mr. Comstock
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBefore Las Vegas became easily accessible, the state of Maryland was a haven for people who wanted to get married with a minimum of restrictions. Many couples in movies went there to get married quickly. In addition to this film, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn eloped to Maryland in Woman of the Year (1942), and Rock Hudson and Doris Day woke up in a motel in Maryland legally (to their surprise) married in Lover Come Back (1961).
- GoofsWhen Joe is in the Greek Orthodox church, Latin music is heard in the background. This would be sung at a Roman Catholic church, but never at a Greek Orthodox one.
- Quotes
Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous: [to Crunk] Never give a sucker an even break and always keep an eye on your pals.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: 1941 America was still at Peace.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Kisses (1991)
- SoundtracksSomething To Remember You By
(1930)
(unredited)
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Whistled often by Cary Grant
Played at the charity ball
Variations often in the score
Featured review
Always Lucky With Cary Grant
Unavailable on DVD, but found on VHS at Blockbuster, "Mr Lucky" is a Cary Grant vehicle, even more than a morale boosting, "keep the homes fires burning" war movie. Grant gets to play a wide range of roles here: fashion plate, grifter, romantic lead, war hero and (most notably) knitter of sweaters. Look, I've seen them all: North By Northwest, Bringing Up Baby, To Catch A Thief, and on and on.This has many moments that match the very best that Cary Grant had on offer. Most notably, there's an extended sequence of Grant riffing in Cockney to Laraine Day. Now Cary Grant liked to identify himself as a Cockney (which is usually termed as an East Londoner), but here he gets the rare opportunity in his movie career to play one (also in Gunga Din), and when asked where he picked up the rhyming slang that makes Cockney so annoying (charming to Americans) he says: Australia ! Ah Hollywood... You've also got to admire the sartorial splendor which Cary maintains throughout the film, even though he 's supposedly a poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks who left home at nine. Apparently there's a finishing school on Skid Row, and Cary was voted Best Dressed. Of course, one of the perverse running gags of "Mr Lucky" is that our hero wears absurdly garish ties, and does not know how to tie a Windsor knot. All he needs is Laraine Day to bring him the appropriate conservative necktie to complete him. Bless him he fights her off ... On a fifth viewing (over a lifetime), I have to admit the last twenty minutes drips with melodramatic sentiment out of step with our modern times (hey, I still tear up-don't tell anyone) but this is still a classic: funny, fast paced, easy on the eyes, and with a great supporting cast.
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- nmarshi
- Jul 21, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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