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Lucky Break

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Lucky Break

Oct 20, 1994

1h 34m

★ 4.7

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

Cast

Gia Carides

Sophie

Gia Carides

Anthony LaPaglia

Eddie Mercer

Anthony LaPaglia

Rebecca Gibney

Gloria Wrightman

Rebecca Gibney

Robyn Nevin

Anne-Marie LePine

Robyn Nevin

Marshall Napier

George LePine

Marshall Napier

Jacek Koman

Yuri Borodinoff

Jacek Koman

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Kate

Siobhan Tuke

Lewis Fiander

Bruce Wrightman

Lewis Fiander

Mary-Anne Fahey

Myra

Mary-Anne Fahey

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Benny

Michael Edward-Stevens

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Nicholas

Steady Eddy

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Scott

Michael Veitch

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