Lucky Jim
Based on the Book...
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Classics, Comedy, UR
Jim Dixon is a university lecturer who manages to offend his head of department and create various disastrous incidents. When he delivers a lecture drunk, he is forced to resign but is offered a job in London and wins the girl of his dreams.
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