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Lucky Break

(2001)
Release Date: August 24, 2001
Runtime: 1h 47m
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
ComedyCrime

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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Top Cast

James Nesbitt
James NesbittJames 'Jimmy' Hands
Olivia Williams
Olivia WilliamsAnnabel
Timothy Spall
Timothy SpallCliff
Christopher Plummer
Christopher PlummerGraham Mortimer
Bill Nighy
Bill NighyRoger
Lennie James
Lennie JamesRudy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures
Miramax
Senator Film
Fragile Films
Film4 Productions