The sound track is primitive and it's very studio-bound. In its favour are a rare film look at anti-Semitism and a wonderful courtroom scene in which most of the officials are bored stupid. It's not a film you could use to persuade people of the merits of 30s British cinema. Script adapt . Ian Carmichael is Kingsley Amis' hero stuck in a small town college and trying to join the smart set.
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When disgraced footballer Percy Gibbs returns from a year's exile he brings with him a French lottery ticket. A pick-pocket relieves him of his money and he's forced to use the ticket to pay for a round of drinks. The number, surprise surprise, comes up. The Lucky Number, despite having Anthony Asquith as director, isn't part of the Canon of British Film Classics. Yet it can hold it's own against any film of the period.