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Getting Lucky
DVD cover
Directed byMichael Paul Girard
Written byMichael Paul Girard
Produced byPhilip J. Jones
StarringSteven Cooke
Lezlie Z. McCraw
Rick McDowell
Garry Kluger
CinematographyGerald M. Williams
Edited byTony Miller
Music byMiriam Cutler
Michael Paul Girard
Production
companies
Mach Studios, Inc.
Distributed byTroma Entertainment
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Getting Lucky (also known as Wish Me Luck) is a 1990 American fantasy-comedy film directed and written by Michael Paul Girard.

Plot

Bill Higgins (Steven Cooke), a high school senior who longs to score a date with cheerleader Krissi (Lezlie Z. McCraw), discovers an alcoholic leprechaun in a beer bottle. The leprechaun, named Lepkey, must grant Bill three wishes before he's allowed to return to Ireland. Bill's wishes end up causing more trouble due to Lepkey's alcoholism and diminished magical skills.

Principal cast

  • Steven Cooke as Bill Higgins
  • Lezlie Z. McCraw as Krissi Shackler
  • Rick McDowell as Tony Chanuka
  • Garry Kluger as Lepkey the Leprechaun

Additional information

  • The working title of this film was Wish Me Luck. A remake with a slightly altered storyline using the working title Wish Me Luck was released in 1995.

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