Lucky Break

Lucky Break — Plot

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?

• Release date
• August 24, 2001
• Runtime
• 107 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Crime
• Director
• Peter Cattaneo

Lucky Break — Cast

James Nesbitt James 'Jimmy' Hands Olivia Williams Annabel Timothy Spall Cliff Christopher Plummer Graham Mortimer Bill Nighy Roger Lennie James Rudy Ron Cook Perry Peter Wight George Barratt