Lucky Break

Oct 20, 1994

1h 34m

★ 4.4

If she can hide her past, and he can hide his present, they just might have a future.

Overview

Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyzed leg from childhood polio, spurns his advances, but when Sophie breaks her leg, she has the perfect way of hiding her disability from Eddie. As Sophie struggles to win over Eddie and hide her disability, Eddie's jealous fiance and a police officer investigating a jewel heist threaten their relationship.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Generation Films

Lewin Films

Such Much Films

Lucky Break Trailers

Cast

Sophie

Gia Carides

Eddie Mercer

Anthony LaPaglia

Gloria Wrightman

Rebecca Gibney

Anne-Marie LePine

Robyn Nevin

George LePine

Marshall Napier

Yuri Borodinoff

Jacek Koman

Kate

Siobhan Tuke

Bruce Wrightman

Lewis Fiander

Myra

Mary-Anne Fahey

Benny

Michael Edward-Stevens

Nicholas

Steady Eddy

Scott

Michael Veitch

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