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.
Cast
Stephen Tompkinson
as Jim Dixon
Robert Hardy
as Professor Neddy Welch
Keeley Hawes
as Christine Callaghan
Helen McCrory
as Margaret Peel
Stephen Mangan
as Bertrand Welch
Penelope Wilton
as Celia Welch
David Ryall
as Stanley
Anthony Calf
as Cecil Goldsmith
Hermione Norris
as Carol Goldsmith
Denis Lawson
as Julius Gore-Urqhart
