I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

Three of England's Top Comedians...One Big Laugh Riot!

NR 1959 · 105 min · ★ 6.6 · Comedy

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

Directed by John Boulting · Written by Frank Harvey

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