Lancashire Luck

Lancashire Luck
Directed by	Henry Cass
Written by	Ronald Gow (story) A.R. Rawlinson (writer)
Produced by	Anthony Havelock-Allan
Starring	Wendy Hiller, Nigel Stock
Cinematography	Francis Carver
Distributed by	British & Dominions Film Corporation
Release date	12 November 1937 (1937-11-12)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Lancashire Luck is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass.[1] It is notable as the film debut of Wendy Hiller, and the first credited appearance of Nigel Stock.[2][3]

Plot

The film is set around the paterfamilia of the Lovejoy family in Lancashire winning a large sum on the pools. With this windfall he buys a small tea-shop in a more upper-class section of their town, and generally lives the high life. His daughter falls in love with an aristocratic visitor to the shop but her mother stands in her way until all is happily resolved by the end.

Cast

• George Carney as George Lovejoy
• Margaret Damer as Lady Maydew
• George Galleon as Sir George Maydew
• Muriel George as Mrs. Lovejoy
• Wendy Hiller as Betty Lovejoy
• Bett Huth as Lady Evelyn Brenton
• Peter Popp
• Nigel Stock as Joe Lovejoy

References

1. "Lancashire Luck (1937)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
2. "Dame Wendy Hiller". The Independent. 17 May 2003.
3. "Nigel Stock | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.

External links

• Lancashire Luck at IMDb