The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Cast & Crew
Irvin Kershner
Robert Shaw
Mary Ure
Liam Redmond
Tom Harvey
Libby Mcclintock
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Thirty-nine-year-old Ginger Coffey, unable to hold a job in his native Ireland, emigrates to Canada with his wife, Vera, and his 14-year-old daughter, Paulie. He is no more successful there, and Vera, having saved enough money, wishes to return home. When Ginger spends the passage money, Vera takes Paulie and leaves. Paulie soon returns to live with Ginger, and he takes two jobs--newspaper proofreading at night and delivering laundry during the day--to support her. Believing that he will be promoted to a reporter's job at the newspaper, Ginger turns down a good offer at the laundry, but he is fired from the newspaper. Meanwhile, he has convinced Vera to return to him temporarily because he finds it difficult to control Paulie. Discouraged because he is not working, Ginger gets drunk and is arrested. The case is dismissed, and Vera is waiting for Ginger outside the courthouse.
Director
Irvin Kershner
Cast
Robert Shaw
Mary Ure
Liam Redmond
Tom Harvey
Libby Mcclintock
Leo Leyden
Powys Thomas
Tom Kneebone
Leslie Yeo
Vern Chapman
Paul Guèvremont
Barry Stewart
Arch Mcdonnell
Oliva Legare
Jacques Godin
Maurice Beaupré
Sydney Brown
Juliette Huot
Paul Hébert
Barney Mcmanus
Clarence Goodhue
Crew
Claude Bonniere
Albert Brenner
Margaret Chandler
F. R. Crawley
Anthony Gibbs
Harry Horner
Stanley Kasper
Brian Moore
Martin Rich
Leon Roth
Bernardo Segall
Manny Wynn
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Montreal. Released in Canada in 1964.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1964
Released in United States September 1999
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Special Presentation) September 9-18, 1999.
An Irish family emigrate to Montreal in search of a better life and fall upon hard luck.
Released in United States 1964
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Special Presentation) September 9-18, 1999.)
