Dead Lucky is a 1960 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Vincent Ball, Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, Alfred Burke and Michael Ripper. The film was written by Maurice Harrison and Sidney Nelson, and produced by Robert Dunbar for Act Films Ltd.
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Plot
A crime reporter teams up with a fashion journalist to investigate illegal goings-on at a Mayfair gambling club.
Cast
Vincent Ball as Mike Billing
Betty McDowall as Jenny Drew
John Le Mesurier as Inspector Corcoran
Alfred Burke as Knocker Parsons
Michael Ripper as Percy Simpson
Sam Kydd as Harry Winston
Chili Bouchier as Mrs Winston
John Charlesworth as Honorable Stanley Dewsbury
Frederick Piper as Harvey Walters
Brian Worth as Lucky Lewis
John Dearth as Torrance
Joan Heal as barmaid
John H. Watson as police sergeant
André Mikhelson as croupier
Robert Raglan as Assistant Commissioner
Leon Peers as layer
John Dawson as cashier
Leonard Cracknell as copy boy
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Bright and ingenuous, this rough and ready marriage of comedy and whodunit breezes along in such a way as to disguise much of its triteness of story and dialogue. Alfred Burke and John Le Mesurier make the best of the few acting opportunities going; otherwise eagerness prevails over lack of initiative and surprise."
Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture brings about a rather hasty marriage of 'who-dunnit' and comedy, but nevertheless produces occasional laughs and thrills. Vincent Ball and Betty McDowall are eager as Michael and Jenny; but Alfred Burke as Knocker and John Le Mesurier as Inspector Corcoran share the acting honours, such as they are. The staging is adequate, and one or two crisp lines creep into the dialogue."