Lucky Jim
A rollicking adaptation of Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim stars Stephen Tompkinson as Jim Dixon, a luckless lecturer at a provincial British university, trying to make a splash with his pompous boss, Professor Neddy Welch (Robert Hardy). Jim is also trying to make it with the woman of his dreams, Christine Callaghan (Keeley Hawes, Othello and Wives and Daughters), while simultaneously being pursued by the woman of his nightmares, fellow lecturer Margaret Peel (Helen McCrory, Anna Karenina). One (of many) complications is that Christine is the girlfriend of Professor Welch's egotistical artist son, Bertrand. Another is that Margaret keeps attempting suicide to get Jim's attention. But despite his misadventures, Jim keeps his eyes on the prize: a leg up on the ladder to a professorship in medieval history.
Cast
Stephen Tompkinson
Jim Dixon
Robert Hardy
Professor Neddy Welch
Keeley Hawes
Christine Callaghan
Helen McCrory
Margaret Peel
Stephen Mangan
Bertrand Welch
Penelope Wilton
Celia Welch
David Ryall
Stanley
Anthony Calf
Cecil Goldsmith
Hermione Norris
Carol Goldsmith
Denis Lawson
Julius Gore-Urqhart
Robert Wilfort
Evan Johns
Hugh Parker
Beesley
Rick Warden
Mr. Catchpole
Tim Wylton
Mr Wilson
Ian Lindsay
Bus Conductor
Dorian Lough
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