Product Description

A gambling ship owner plans to scam a virtuous young woman, only to fall in love with her and go legit.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4373 in VHS
• Released on: 1998-04-14
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Black & White, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

Customer Reviews

Classic Cary Grant
What can one say? This is classic Cary Grant as his funny, witty, clever, debonair best. He plays a gambler who's putting together a bankroll but has to swap identities with a deceased sea captain to avoid the draft. During his time as "Joe Bascopolous", he lands a nice little scheme in running the gambling concession for the War Relief ball -- an organization headed up by a smart, classy and beautiful woman who - naturally - falls head over heels for Grant. But, is he really in love or is he going to take her money and run?

Great movie, great cast, and great story.

LOVE THAT COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG!
Mr. Lucky is one of Cary Grant's hidden underrated gems that deserves to be viewed. The transfer by Turner classics is exemplary as always.

Turner Classics:

It's been 6 long years since the advent of the DVD format and you have still not released this hilarious classic on DVD. PLEASE DO SO ASAP.

I purchased most of your classic titles on laserdisc, and I and many of my friends are anxiously awaiting them on DVD. What is the hold-up? These classics deserve to be seen by film lovers and all students of film in the current best possible viewing format:

CARY GRANT CLASSICS AWAITING RELEASE:
TOPPER (1937)
BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
IN NAME ONLY (1939)
GUNGA DIN (1939)
MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)
SUSPICION (1941)
MR. LUCKY (1943)
THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER (1947)
MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948)

A reformed gambler sees the light
It's hard to believe this one isn't on DVD yet! Cary Grant plays a gambler who convinces a wartime relief organization to run a gambling function for one night to raise money for supplies to send overseas. Only his real motive is to keep all the profits for himself and skip town. But he falls in love with the organization's leader (Lorraine Day) and reforms. There is one horrendous scene in a church where Grant comes to see the light, but otherwise the picture is pretty good. Day is more a looker than an actress, but Grant is good in the lead. It's very well directed, with some interesting use of "silent conversation" behind glass doors that open so we can catch the main points as they're said. There are some surprises, too, at the end, but they seem only tacked on to get the right (Hollywood) ending. But not a bad movie overall. Worth a watch.