Lucky Night

Lucky Night
Directed by	Norman Taurog
Starring	Robert Taylor Myrna Loy
Cinematography	Ray June
Edited by	Elmo Veron
Distributed by	Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release dates	May 5th, 1939
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Lucky Night (1939) is a comedy movie from MGM starring Robert Taylor and Myrna Loy, directed by Norman Taurog.

Plot

Two people meet in a park (Cora, played by Myrna Loy and William 'Bill' Overton, played by Robert Taylor) and at the time are both poor, as they start start talking they get acquainted and start to find out both are poor, they try getting 50 cents to eat at a restaurant down the street then one guy complains to the police that they are asking for money, when the cop comes to them they convince him to give them 50 cents lying they are engaged, so the cop gives them the money. While walking on the street they drop the money without knowing of it. In the restaurant their bill comes to 50 cents, they suddenly realize they must have dropped the money or lost it, someone leaves a coin on the table, Bill tells Cora to steal it, which she does. Bill spots a slot machine in the restaurant and tells Cora to gamble, which so she does and wins. After winning the money, Bill and Cora go to a casino and win a car in a game and make more money gambling. One night the two get drunk and marry, the next day they get up and find out they are married. Bill gets a job but he still gets the urge to gamble; Cora doesn't care to live that life so she leaves Bill and goes back to her father then Bill goes to her father's house to get her back and he does.

Credited cast

• Robert Taylor as William 'Bill' Overton
• Myrna Loy as Cora Jordan Overton
• Joseph Allen as Joe Hilton
• Henry O'Neil as H. Calvin Jordan, Cora's father
• Douglas Fowley as George, Bill's friend
• Bernard Nedall as 'Dusty' Sawyer
• Charles Lane as Mr. Carpenter, Paint Store Owner
• Bernard Hayes as Blondie, Clerk at Carpenters
• Gladys Blake as Blackie, Clerk at Carpenters
• Majorie Main as Mrs. Briggs, the Land Lady
• Edward Gargan as Police Man in Park
• Irving Bacon as Bus Conductor
• Oscar O'Shea as Lieutenant Murphy

See also

• Myrna Loy filmography
• List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films