The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
Directed by Irvin Kershner
Genres - Drama |
Release Date - Sep 21, 1964 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - Canada |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides
Ginger Coffey (Robert Shaw) is an out-of-work Irish immigrant who moves to Montreal with his wife, Vera (Mary Ure), and teenage daughter, Paulie (Libby McClintock), in hopes of a better life. After six months, the family fortunes have not changed, and Vera and Paulie beg Ginger to return to Ireland. He lands a job as a proofreader with a newspaper, but Vera and Paulie move out when Vera realizes his 45 dollar-a-week paycheck will not suffice. Ginger quits his second job as a laundry-truck driver and pins all his hopes on becoming a reporter. Paulie comes back to live with him, but Ginger is fired at the paper and sinks deeper into alcoholism and depression.
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dream, family, support, unemployment, work [occupation], daughter, employment, hope, husband-and-wife, wife