The Luck of Ginger Coffey

Infobox_Film
name = The Luck of Ginger Coffey


caption = DVD Cover
imdb_id = 0058305
amg_id = 1:100616
director = Irvin Kershner
writer = Brian Moore
starring = Robert Shaw
Mary Ure
producer = Leon Roth
music = Bernardo Segall
cinematography= Manny Wynn
distributor = Continental Distributing Inc.
released = 1964
runtime = 100 min.
language = English
country = CAN

"The Luck of Ginger Coffey" is a 1964 film by Irvin Kershner. It was filmed in Montreal by Crawley Films. It is based on the Governor General's Award winning novel by Brian Moore.

Plot

"The Luck of Ginger Coffey" is about an Irishman named James Francis Coffey. He is called 'Ginger' because of his reddish hair and mustache. He is unfulfilled career-wise, no matter which job he takes on. After being released from the Army, he and his wife Veronica, and their daughter Paulie, move to Montreal in Canada.

In Canada, Coffey still has trouble finding a job. Veronica gets very upset when she finds out that Ginger still doesn't have a job and has spent their ticket money home.

However broke and empty-hearted they may be, they do have one friend to count on in Canada and that is Gerry Grosvenor. He helps Coffey get a job working as a proof reader at a newspaper. Coffey is unimpressed once again and continues to tell Veronica it all will get better, but Veronica has her own plans for making life in Canada better. She leaves Coffey for Grosvenor and takes Paulie with her. Not only does she do that, but she also takes all of Coffey's money and most of his belongings. Coffey gets a small place at the Y.M.C.A, and during his stay there he encounters a man who offers him a diaper delivery and pick up job.

Coffey finds this job even more repulsive than his current job but takes it anyway with a plan in mind; to get Paulie back and impress Veronica with his selflessness. However, Veronica is still unconvinced, but Paulie turns to her fathers side and they get a flat of their own. Coffey is obsessed with Veronica begins to get sick with a lack of sleep and food, and an excessive work schedule. He is also obsessed with being promoted to a reporter so Veronica will take him back, but unfortunately she only brings up the topic of divorce. After many drunk excursions, fist fights with Gerry, a run in with the police and promotion battles, Veronica finally sees how hard Ginger is working and fighting for her, and it's the moment when he finally decides to let her go, that she sees just how much he really loves her.

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