If I'm Lucky

If I'm Lucky

78 mins | Music | Sept. 2, 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.

If I'm Lucky

78 mins | Music | Sept. 2, 1946

If I'm Lucky
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title If I'm Lucky
Directors Lewis Seiler
Writers Edwin Lanham, Snag Werris, Helen Logan, George Bricker, Robert Ellis

Cast

Vivian Blaine

as Linda Farrell

Perry Como

as Allen Clark

Harry James

as Earl Gordon

Carmen Miranda

as Michelle O'Toole

Phil Silvers

as Wallingham M. 'Wally' Jones

Edgar Buchanan

as Darius J. Magonnagle

Reed Hadley

as Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager

Edward Keane

as Golfer (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

as Mug in Leather Jacket (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

as Politician on Stage at Rally (uncredited)