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.
as Jim Dixon
as Professor Neddy Welch
as Christine Callaghan
as Margaret Peel
as Bertrand Welch
as Celia Welch
as Stanley
as Cecil Goldsmith
as Carol Goldsmith
as Julius Gore-Urqhart
as Evan Johns
as Beesley
as Mr. Catchpole
as Mrs Cutler
as Mr Pringle
as Mr Wilson
as Bus Conductor
as Taxi Driver
