That Lucky Touch (1975)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Christopher Miles

Writers:

Moss Hart (idea)
John Briley (original screenplay)

Release Date:

December 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

When a No-No girl meets a Go-Go man - WHAM!!!

Plot:

A European arms dealer (Roger Moore) meets a liberated woman journalist (Susannah York), who is writing...

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Roger Moore	...	Michael Scott
Susannah York	...	Julia Richardson
Shelley Winters	...	Diana Steedeman
Lee J. Cobb	...	Lt. Gen. Henry Steedman
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...	Leo
Raf Vallone	...	Gen. Peruzzi
Sydne Rome	...	Sophie
Donald Sinden	...	British Gen. Armstrong
Michael Shannon	...	Lt. Davis (as Michael J. Shannon)
Aubrey Woods	...	Viscount L'Ardey
Alfred Hoffman	...	Berckman
Vincent Hall	...	David Richardson
Fabian Cevallos	...	Photographer
Timothy Carlton	...	Tank commander
Takis Emmanuel	...	Arab Sheik

Also Known As:

Bleib mir ja vom Leib (West Germany)
Save Us from Our Friends (UK) (working title)
Who Needs Friends? (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:89 min

Country:

UK | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Iceland:L | Finland:K-8 | Norway:12 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Company:

De Grunwald Productions

Trivia:

Vincent Ball is often wrongly credited as being in this. No doubt this has come about because a child with a similar name acts in this film (Vincent Hall).

Soundtrack:

THAT LUCKY TOUCH

It's really not that bad.

I guess that the film wasn't so popular but I may be wrong. The fact is that many people have dislike to "That Lucky Touch" because it's not an action movie (as many of viewers had thought before watching this) but very light and "likeable" romantic comedy featuring Roger Moore, Susannah York, Shelley Winters and Lee J. Cobb.

The plot of the film isn't complexed. Arms dealer, Michael Scott (Roger Moore) prepares weapon transport for NATO. The whole operation is of course top secret, but one very inquisitive journalist, Julia Richardson (Susannah York) discovers what's going on and accidentally gets to know Michael. The problem begins when they fall in love with each other ...

Anyway, I suggest you watch "That Lucky Touch" and that's not only because of a fantastic performance given by Lee J. Cobb, and real good-looking pair Moore-York (they both had played together before in Peter Hunt's "Gold" (1974)) but also because it's a good "lonely-Friday-night" movie and Christopher Miles' gentle direction will make you feel relaxed.