O Lucky Man!

O Lucky Man!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLindsay Anderson
Screenplay byDavid Sherwin
Story byMalcolm McDowell
Produced byLindsay Anderson
Michael Medwin
StarringMalcolm McDowell
Ralph Richardson
Rachel Roberts
Arthur Lowe
Helen Mirren
Dandy Nichols
Mona Washbourne
CinematographyMiroslav Ondříček
Edited byDavid Gladwell
Music byAlan Price
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • 20 June 1973 (1973-06-20)
Running time
184 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

O Lucky Man! is a 1973 British comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis, whom McDowell had first played as a disaffected public schoolboy in his first film performance in Anderson's if.... (1968). O Lucky Man! is the second film in the Mick Travis trilogy, all starring McDowell as an everyman character, concluding with Britannia Hospital (1982).

Some critics consider this film one of the best British films ever (Citation needed).

  1. ^ "O LUCKY MAN (X)". British Board of Film Classification. 25 April 1973. Retrieved 4 June 2013.