Release Date

24 Aug, 2001

Runtime

01:47: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?

Original Title

Lucky Break

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Actors

James Nesbitt

Olivia Williams

Timothy Spall

Christopher Plummer

Bill Nighy

Lennie James

Ron Cook

Peter Wight

Celia Imrie

Raymond Waring

John Pierce Jones

Peter McNamara

Ram John Holder

Julian Barratt

Frank Harper

Desmond McNamara

Andy Linden

Annette Bentley

William Howe

Ofo Uhiara

Brian Abbott

Crew

Peter Cattaneo

Stephen Fry

Ronan Bennett

Alwin H. Küchler

David Gamble

Andy Bradford

David Anders

Richard Bradshaw

Gary Connery

Nrinder Dhudwar

Charles Jarman

Andy Merchant

Gordon Seed

Anne Dudley