Dead Lucky

Dead Lucky

1960 · 64 min · ★ 6.5 · Crime

Mike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been works more of imagination than genuine journalism. But when he and his columnist girlfriend, Jenny Drew, finally manage to infiltrate one of them, it leads quickly to trouble. The party's organiser is found murdered the next morning, and a number of suspects begin to emerge. But which of them killed Lucky Lewis?

Directed by Montgomery Tully · Written by Maurice Harrison

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Vincent Ball Mike Billing
Betty McDowall Jenny Drew
John Le Mesurier Inspector Corcoran
Michael Ripper Percy Simpson
Alfred Burke Knockers Parsons
Frederick Piper Harvey Walters
Brian Worth Lucky Lewis
John Dearth Torrance
Chili Bouchier Mrs. Winston
Joan Heal Barmaid
John Charlesworth Hon. Stanley Dewsbury
Sam Kydd Harry Winston

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