Lucky Break
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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Cast
22 people
James Nesbitt
James 'Jimmy' Hands
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Olivia Williams
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Timothy Spall
Cliff
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Christopher Plummer
Graham Mortimer
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Bill Nighy
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Lennie James
Rudy
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Ron Cook
Perry
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Peter Wight
George Barratt
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Celia Imrie
Amy
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Raymond Waring
Darren
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John Pierce Jones
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Charlotte Gray
Peter McNamara
Ward
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Peter Cattaneo Director · Ronan Bennett Writer Stephen Fry Author
First release August 24, 2001 · Produced in Germany, United Kingdom, United States · Production Fragile Films, Film4 Productions
Production
Lucky Break Productions
Production
Fragile Films
Production
Film4 Productions
Production
Senator Film
Production
Miramax
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Germany · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 24, 2001
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
January 17, 2002 · Theatrical
Germany
November 8, 2001 · Theatrical
Switzerland
December 27, 2001 · Digital
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