Lucky Lady
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| Directed by | Stanley Donen |
| Produced by | Michael Gruskoff |
| Written by | Willard Huyck Gloria Katz |
| Starring | Gene Hackman Liza Minnelli Burt Reynolds |
| Music by | Ralph Burns |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Editing by | Peter Boita |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Release date(s) | December 25, 1975 |
| Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $24,441,725[1] |
Lucky Lady is a 1975 American film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli and Burt Reynolds, with Robby Benson. Its story takes place during Prohibition in the United States in the year 1930.
Gene Hackman initially did not want to do the film, but 20th Century Fox kept offering him more and more money. Finally, Fox offered him $1.25 million, and according to talent agent Sue Mengers, "it was almost obscene for him not to do the film."[2]
On February 1, 2011 Shout! Factory released the film on DVD for the first time.[citation needed]
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[edit] Plot
During the Prohibition era, a young widow, Claire, gets involved in liquor smuggling and romance with two men, Walker and Kibby, off the San Diego coast. Organized crime controls bootlegging back east and wants to do the same here, so a hit man named McTeague is sent to deal with these amateur crooks, as is the Coast Guard, leading to various battles at sea.
[edit] Cast
- Liza Minnelli as Claire
- Burt Reynolds as Walker
- Gene Hackman as Kibby
- Robby Benson as Billy
- John Hillerman as McTeague
- Michael Hordern as Capt. Rockwell
- Anthony Holland as Mr. Tully
- John McLiam as Rass Huggins
- Val Avery as Dolph
[edit] References
- ^ "Lucky Lady, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=luckylady.htm. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ Litwak, Mark (1986). Reel Power: The Struggle for Influence and Success in the New Hollywood. New York: William Morrow and Company. p. 86. ISBN 0-688-04889-7.
[edit] External links
- Lucky Lady at the Internet Movie Database
- Lucky Lady at AllRovi
- Lucky Lady at the TCM Movie Database
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