Lucky Jim

A rollicking adaptation of Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim stars Stephen Tompkinson as Jim Dixon, a luckless lecturer at a provincial British university, trying to make a splash with his pompous boss, Professor Neddy Welch (Robert Hardy). Jim is also trying to make it with the woman of his dreams, Christine Callaghan (Keeley Hawes, Othello and Wives and Daughters), while simultaneously being pursued by the woman of his nightmares, fellow lecturer Margaret Peel (Helen McCrory, Anna Karenina). One (of many) complications is that Christine is the girlfriend of Professor Welch's egotistical artist son, Bertrand. Another is that Margaret keeps attempting suicide to get Jim's attention. But despite his misadventures, Jim keeps his eyes on the prize: a leg up on the ladder to a professorship in medieval history.

• Release date
• April 11, 2003
• Runtime
• 104 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
• Director
• Robin Sheppard

Cast

Stephen Tompkinson Jim Dixon Robert Hardy Professor Neddy Welch Keeley Hawes Christine Callaghan Helen McCrory Margaret Peel Stephen Mangan Bertrand Welch Penelope Wilton Celia Welch David Ryall Stanley Anthony Calf Cecil Goldsmith