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Lucky Break

Directed by Peter Cattaneo

ComedyCrime
20011h 47m6.1

Overview

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?

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Cast

James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt

James 'Jimmy' Hands

Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams

Annabel

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Cliff

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Graham Mortimer

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy

Roger

Lennie James

Lennie James

Rudy

Ron Cook

Ron Cook

Perry

Peter Wight

Peter Wight

George Barratt

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

Amy

Raymond Waring

Raymond Waring

Darren

John Pierce Jones

Mad Lenny

Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara

Ward

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