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The Luck of Ginger Coffey

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

1964Movie⏱️ 1h 40m
Drama
6.8
IMDB Rating
461 votes

An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.

Director
Irvin Kershner
Writers
N/A
Stars
Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond
Release Date
May 16, 1966
Language
English, French
Country
Canada, United States
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Wins
💬 15
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw
as Ginger
Mary Ure
Mary Ure
as Vera
Liam Redmond
Liam Redmond
as MacGregor
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Tom Harvey
as Joe McGlade
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Libby McClintock
as Paulie
Leo Leyden
Leo Leyden
as Brott
Powys Thomas
Powys Thomas
as Fox
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Tom Kneebone
as Kenny
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Leslie Yeo
as Mr. Mountain
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Vernon Chapman
as Hawkins

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Crawley Studios, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Production
Crawley Films, Roth-Kershner Productions

🏷️ Keywords

man in a showerman wrapped in a towelarrestbeerscreenplay adapted by author

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

I believe Roxanne Tellier's comments...
by francodomenico2008-05-30

"tell it all! And what a wonderful, and completely factual appraisal of what a miracle the USA/Canada have been for Immigrants--"before Political Correctness" caused us to be very much less candid about the truth of the matter--and more concerned with the superficiality of the "acceptance" of the society. The one aspect to the Quebecois' comment at the bar, was when Ginger was asked, "Do you speak French?" and Ginger's reply was, "Well, I can parlez vous enough to get by.."; the French-Canadian summed it up perfectly: "That's the prob..."

💡 Did You Know?

Robert Shaw and Mary Ure, who play a married couple, were husband and wife in real life.

📖 Synopsis

An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.