Lucky Jim

Year: 1957

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: English

Director: John Boulting

Comedy

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky at university, where he must obey the absent‑minded, dull Professor Welch to keep his job. He is also tangled with the neurotic Margaret Peel, a friend of the professor. The pub offers his only refuge. A dreadful weekend with the Welch family brings the boorish son Bertrand and his stunning companion Christine Callaghan, the unattainable woman Jim dreams of.

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