If I'm Lucky

If I'm Lucky (1946)

Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singer would make a better stooge. Meanwhile, romance blossoms between the band's singers. When election day approaches, the band's singer wants out of the campaign, but the machine threatens to smear him and his pals in the band if he quits.

Date of release
1946-09-02
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Music
Director
Lewis Seiler

Casting

Interesting facts

If I'm Lucky is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Phil Silvers and Carmen Miranda in the leading roles. The film also featured bandleader Harry James.

Production

This film's working titles were That's for Me and You're for Me. Edgar Buchanan was borrowed from Columbia Pictures for the production. According to the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department, the "Batucada" number was the last sequence to be shot and was photographed by Joseph La Shelle.

If I'm Lucky offered Perry Como the most significant of his three roles for 20th Century Fox. In April 1947, Como terminated his 20th Century Fox contract. That was also the last film of Carmen Miranda with Fox, ending her contract with the studio.

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