Lucky Break

Lucky Break (2001)

ComedyCrime

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?

Director: Peter Cattaneo

Casts

	James Nesbitt as James 'Jimmy' Hands
	Olivia Williams as Annabel
	Timothy Spall as Cliff
	Christopher Plummer as Graham Mortimer
	Bill Nighy as Roger
	Lennie James as Rudy
	Ron Cook as Perry
	Peter Wight as George Barratt
	Celia Imrie as Amy
	Raymond Waring as Darren
	John Pierce Jones as Mad Lenny
	Peter McNamara as Ward
	Ram John Holder as Old Billy Morris
	Julian Barratt as Paul Dean
	Frank Harper as John Toombes
	Desmond McNamara as Arthur
	Andy Linden as Kenny
	Annette Bentley as Julie Gumbell
	William Howe as Ritchie Gumbell
	Ofo Uhiara as Wayne Wayne
	Brian Abbott as Phillips
	Georgie Glen as Audience Member

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