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Lucky Break(1994)
Status: Released
Date: 1994-10-20
49%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
If she can hide her past, and he can hide his present, they just might have a future.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Australia
ProductionCompanies: 
Generation Films
Lewin Films
Movie: Lucky Break
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gia Carides
Sophie
Anthony LaPaglia
Eddie Mercer
Rebecca Gibney
Gloria Wrightman
Robyn Nevin
Anne-Marie LePine
Marshall Napier
George LePine
Jacek Koman
Yuri Borodinoff
Lewis Fiander
Bruce Wrightman
Mary-Anne Fahey
Myra
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