| Strike Me Lucky | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ken G. Hall |
| Written by | Vic Roberts George D. Parker |
| Produced by | Ken G. Hall |
| Starring | Roy Rene |
Production company | |
Release date | 1934 |
| Country | Template:Film Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₤9,000[1][2] |
Strike Me Lucky is a 1934 comedy starring popular stage comic Roy Rene in his first and only film.
‘Mo’ McIsaac (Roy Rene) and his sidekick Donald (Alex McKinnon) try to find work to support a young orphan girl he finds dancing for pennies in the street, Miriam ('Baby’ Pamela Bevan), unaware she is really the missing daughter of rich aristocrat, Major Burnett (Dan Agar). Gangster Al Baloney (Eric Masters) and Mae West impersonator Kate (Yvonne Banvard) kidnap the girl and Mo is blamed for her disappearance. He and Donald take off into the bush looking for a gold mine (a storyline inspired by the 1930 expedition to find Lasseter's Reef), where they are attacked by a tribe of cannibals before discovering their names are cleared.
The film was not a success at the box office, despite a strong reception initially.[3] Director Ken G. Hall claims it was the only one of his films not to go straight into profit, blaming the poor script and Roy Rene's awkwardness in front of the camera as opposed to a live audience.[4]