Mr. Lucky (film)

Mr. Lucky
Film poster
Directed byH.C. Potter
Screenplay byMilton Holmes
Adrian Scott
Based onBundles for Freedom
1942 story in Cosmopolitan
by Milton Holmes
Produced byDavid Hempstead
StarringCary Grant
Laraine Day
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byTheron Warth
Music byRoy Webb
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures (US)
Release dates
  • May 28, 1943 (1943-05-28) (US)
  • August 21, 1943 (1943-08-21) (UK[1])
Running time
100 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$842,000[2]
Box office$3,485,000[2]

Mr. Lucky is a 1943 romance film directed by H.C. Potter, starring Cary Grant and Laraine Day. It recounts the tale of an attraction between a shady gambler and a wealthy socialite in the days prior to the United States entering World War II.

  1. ^ The Times Digital Library: Earliest cinema advertisement (London Pavilion) 21 August 1943
  2. ^ a b Jewel, Richard. "RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 14, No 1, 1994, p. 41.