Lucky Lady

1975
PG
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds, and Liza Minnelli in Lucky Lady (1975)

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Slapstick Comedy Crime Drama

A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trois after business hours.A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trois after business hours.A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trois after business hours.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
Reportedly, Gene Hackman's salary for this movie has been estimated at being between 1.25 and 1.5 million dollars. According to Mark Litwak's 1986 book, "Reel Power: The Struggle for Influence and Success in the New Hollywood", talent agent Sue Mengers said that "it was almost obscene for him not to do the film" with the amount of money he was being offered.

Quotes
Claire: Gee, it's so quiet in here you could hear a fish fart.

Alternate versions
The UK DVD is cut by 11 secs to edit a cockfight scene.

Connections
Featured in TUGS: A Bigg Retrospective (2023)

Soundtracks
Empty Bed Blues
Written by J.C. Johnson
Performed by Bessie Smith

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Review

Featured review

2/10

Grade A Hollywood dud

Sometimes you just have to scratch your head. All the ingredients are in place for a great movie. In this case you have a cast headed by Burt Reynolds, Gene Hackman, and Liza Minnelli, and a top director in Stanley Donen who made the classic "Singing in the Rain." So what went wrong?

In a word it's the script. When ideas run out an action sequence is implanted to try and throw the viewer off. Nice try fellas but it didn't work.

Even the main story is just brushed over. An often intimated threesome with the main leads is just a tease. It's never explored and only serves to wet our appetite for something that might liven this mess up. Alas, it never comes.

Released at Christmas in 1975 "Lucky Lady" proved to be a major box office flop. It's easy to see why. I'm sure no one connected with the film is too pleased to be reminded of it.