Lucky Break
If she can hide her past, and he can hide his present, they just might have a future.
1994 · 1h 34m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Ben Lewin
Overview
Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyzed leg from childhood polio, spurns his advances, but when Sophie breaks her leg, she has the perfect way of hiding her disability from Eddie. As Sophie struggles to win over Eddie and hide her disability, Eddie's jealous fiance and a police officer investigating a jewel heist threaten their relationship.
Director and cast
- Ben Lewin Director
- Gia Carides as Sophie
- Anthony LaPaglia as Eddie Mercer
- Rebecca Gibney as Gloria Wrightman
- Robyn Nevin as Anne-Marie LePine
- Marshall Napier as George LePine
- Jacek Koman as Yuri Borodinoff
- Siobhan Tuke as Kate
- Lewis Fiander as Bruce Wrightman
- Mary-Anne Fahey Cast
- Michael Edward-Stevens Cast
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