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The Luckiest Guy in the World (1947)
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25 January 1947 (USA) morePlot:
This short is in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Charlie Vurn is always looking for the 'big score.' He bets on the horses and owes his bookie... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Film Noir Mini-Masterpiece moreCast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Barry Nelson | ... | Charles Vurn |
| Eloise Hardt | ... | Martha Vurn |
| George Travell | ||
| Milton Kibbee | ||
| Harry Cheshire | ... | Mr. Mossley |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Red Skelton | ... | Comedian on radio (voice) (uncredited) |
| Robert Williams | ... | Bit Part (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Joseph M. Newman | (as Joseph Newman) | ||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Doane R. Hoag | writer (as Doane Hoag) | |
| Emile C. Tepperman | story | |
Produced by | |||
| Jerry Bresler | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Max Terr | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Charles Salerno Jr. | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Chester W. Schaeffer | (as Chester Schaeffer) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Harry McAfee | |||
Music Department | |||
| Albert Glasser | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) (USA) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
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Released over a year after its predecessor, 'Purity Squad' (1945), this was the final episode in the long and successful Crime Does Not Pay 2-reel series. moreFAQ
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Director Joseph Newman's "The Luckiest Guy in the World" is, quite simply, a too-long neglected masterpiece of film noir. Like a previous poster, I, too, saw this recently on Turner Classic Movies and it grabbed me right from the beginning, a compelling story of an "average Joe" whose life spirals out of control when he desperately needs money to pay off gambling debts.
Baby-faced Barry Nelson, one of the screen's best portrayers of Mr. Nice Guy types, turns in a solid performance of a man caught in an inescapable trap of his own making. Also excellent, in the only other roles of any size, are Eloise Hardt as his long-suffering wife and Henry Cheshire as his sympathetic, unsuspecting boss. Max Terr's taut musical score is a plus, too.
Almost all the entries in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series were good little crime dramas. Like many live-action shorts of the period, they served as a valuable training ground for promising writing, acting, and directing talents that the studio was trying to develop. "The Luckiest Guy in the World" is, far and away, the best, an outstanding short and a lost classic of film noir.