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Storyline

Lucky Jo and his three friends are little criminals, who try to live from small burglaries. But they never have luck - ever so often something inpredictable happens to Jo and gets one of them arrested. While Jo is in prison once again, they decide they'd better do without him in future. He decides to help them secretly...and unfortunately.

Released

1964-11-12
Revenue

n/a
Budget

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Runtime

1hr 30m
Genre

Crime
Status

Released
Language

Français
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Production

Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld, Eléfilm, Belmont Films, UGC Films

Crew

Michel Deville

Director

Pierre Lesou

Novel

Jacques Roitfeld

Producer

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Cast

Eddie Constantine

Lucky Jo

Pierre Brasseur

Loudéac

Jean-Pierre Darras

Napo

Françoise Arnoul

Mimi Perrin

Jean-Pierre Rambal

Le commissaire Guillaumet

Anouk Ferjac

La femme importunée dans le bar

André Cellier

Gabriel Farcasse

Christiane Minazzoli

Adeline

Georges Wilson

Simon Archambault

Christian Barbier

Le commissaire Odile

Marcelle Ranson-Hervé

La patronne de l'hôtel Wagram

Jean-Paul Cisife

Paul Garnier

Pierre Asso

Raton

Pierre Le Rumeur

Zani, un receleur

Jacques Echantillon

Inspecteur Thierry

Willy Braque

Raymond Garcia

Jean-Pierre Moutier

Le barman de Napo

Bernard Mongourdin

Un inspecteur

Claude Brasseur

Loudéac Fils dit Junior

Marcel Gassouk

Toto, l'aveugle (uncredited)

Paul Bonifas

Légiste (uncredited)

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A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2020-05-23

Lucky Jo - He's Not Slow Lucky Jo is directed by Michel Deville and adapted to screenplay by Nina Companeez and Michel Deville from the ... read more

Lucky Jo - He's Not Slow Lucky Jo is directed by Michel Deville and adapted to screenplay by Nina Companeez and Michel Deville from the novel "Main pleine" written by Pierre-Vial Lesou. It stars Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Wilson, Christiane Minazzoli, Jean-Pierre Darras, Françoise Arnoul and André Cellier. Music is by Georges Delerue and cinematography by Claude Lecomte. Lucky Jo (Constantine) and his three friends are petty criminals who try to get by from small burglaries. But they never seem to have any luck, with the source of misfortune usually accountable to Jo. While Jo is in prison once again, they decide they'd better do without him in future, but he decides to help them from afar - with less than successful results - again! As most serious film noir lovers will tell you, the French continued making film noir movies throughout the 1960 - with outstanding rewards. What is evident here with Lucky Jo, is that a French production also managed to achieve that rare old skill of making a crime/noir/comedy that works. To emphasise the comedy aspects is kind of under selling the pic, for it has great drama, action, tragedy and fulsome characterisations. You may find upon viewing this one that you be laughing uneasily for darkness is never too far away. The initial capers at pic's start have a splendid hapless whiff to them, but once the trajectory of Jo's bad luck starts to take shape, the narrative ups the ante for dramatic purpose with that devilish noir trait of coincidence biting hard. Sure enough, our main protagonist ends up in all sorts of trouble, hunted for ghastly crimes purely because noir has dealt its crafty hand. Cue great punch ups, cool moments as Jo (Constantine is great) goes about trying to prove his innocence, even gathering a smart and loyal canine partner (hello "High Sierra") in the process. Hell, he even has time to rescue a bar dwelling dame (Anouk Ferjac) from drunken male suitors. There's a clinical turn of events that belies the comedic strands that drift in and out, and it's here where the Jo character comes alive. All of which leads to a finale that doesn't disappoint. Hugely enjoyable pic for like minded genre/style fans, that is on proviso it is ultimately an odd blend of genres that will not appeal to the casual film fan. 7/10

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A Review by John Chard

A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2020-05-23

Lucky Jo - He's Not Slow Lucky Jo is directed by Michel Deville and adapted to screenplay by Nina Companeez and Michel Deville from the novel "Main pleine" written by Pierre-Vial Lesou. It stars E...