Dead Lucky

Vincent Ball is a reporter working on a series of stories about the depredations of West End gambling houses and how they are ruining innocent lives. He doesn't have any leads or connections, which doesn't stop him. Today is his lucky day. He thinks he has a connection, but his girlfriend, staff writer Betty McDowall also gets an in. There she is given a stack of chips by gambler Brian Worth, while Ball is working as a waiter. She's winning, but before she can collect, there's a police raid, led by Inspector John Le Meseurier. The next morning, they're let go, and Worth turns up dead.

It's an agreeable comedy-mystery, with a lot of fun being added by Michael Ripper as the tight-fisted editor Like many of the films directed by Montgomery Tully, it exceeds its script slightly, and the script is all right to begin with. Chili Bouchier makes her final film appearance here.