Just My Luck
Date: 1957
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Production Company: The Rank Organisation
Stars: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Jill Dixon, Leslie Phillips
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, London, Sussex
Region(s): London H-L, South East E-L
Storyline:
Norman gambles on a horse race to raise money to buy a pendant for the girl he is sweet on.
Additional Information:
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Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) makes his way to the jewellery shop where he works. New Bond Street, London W1.
Regrettably from ground level but the junction with Conduit Street. (RL)
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The jewel maker crosses the road outside Russell & Bromley's store. The corner of New Bond Street and Conduit Street in W1.
Redeveloped but still Russell & Bromley, from ground level. (RL)
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From a window in the workshop, Norman looks across at Anne (Jill Dixon) who is a window dresser in the shop opposite. New Bond Street also appears in ‘Nothing But the Best’, ‘Octopussy’, ‘Absolute Beginners’, ‘Help!’, 'Crooks Anonymous', ‘The Mine and the Minotaur’, ‘Baby Love’, ‘Joanna’, ‘The Lady is a Square’, ‘Appointment with Crime’, ‘The Stud’, ‘I Don’t Want to be Born’ and of course ‘Bond Street’.
Maybe the corner of New Bond Street and Bruton Street. Indeed it is but now redeveloped and occupied by Miu Miu not Cresta. (RL)
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On the train to home, a man drops a pound note and Norman attempts to give it back but gets trapped in the train's doors.
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A Teddy Boy (Eddie Dillon) on the platform sees Norman holding the note through the train door and takes it. The roundel and map suggest Bond Street but is this a studio set?
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Norman nears home where he lives with his mother.
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Pondering how to buy a pendant for Anne, the love struck Norman enters the house.
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After placing a £1 accumulator bet with a bookmaker, Norman arrives at the races.
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Norman is taken to hospital when excitement overtakes him after his chosen jockey wins his first three races. Goodwood Race Course near Chichester, Sussex.
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A Nurse (Beth Rogan) meets the ambulance.
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After causing havoc in the hospital, Norman escapes and takes a postman's bicycle to return to the races.
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Norman arrives at the race course to find that only one more horse needs to come first for him to win a fortune.
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Panicking that he will lose his money, Norman arrives at the home of Mrs. Dooley to buy her horse and withdraw it from the race. St. Hubert's House on St. Hubert's Lane, Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. The building can also be seen in 'Devils of Darkness', 'Island of Terror', 'The March Hare' and 'The League of Gentlemen'.
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Having obtained the horse, Norman and Anne arrive back at the races on the following day. Goodwood Race Course, Goodwood in Sussex.
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The stewards tell Norman that the horse cannot be withdrawn. Goodwood Race Course, Sussex.
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Jockeys and horses make ready for the next race. Goodwood Race Course, Kennel Hill, Chichester. Much of the racecourse has seen development and rebuilding.
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As the horses run to the starting line, Norman attempts to stop the race. Goodwood Race Course, Goodwood.
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Norman's horse fails to win the race but the jockey that he has backed does. Goodwood Race Course, Goodwood near Chichester in Sussex.
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All ends happily for Norman and Anne.