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{{short description|1955 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = You Lucky People
| image = "You_Lucky_People"_(1955).jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Maurice Elvey]]
| producer = David Dent
| writer = Anthony Verney<br>Tommy Trinder
| based_on = ''Fifteen Days'' by Maurice Harrison<br>Sidney Nelson
| starring = [[Tommy Trinder]]<br> [[Mary Parker (English actress)|Mary Parker]]<br>[[Dora Bryan]]
| music = [[Edwin Astley]]
| cinematography = [[Gordon Dines]]
| editing = [[Robert Jordan Hill]]
| studio = Advance Productions
| distributor = [[Adelphi Films]]
| released = {{Film date|1955|07|18|df=yes}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''You Lucky People!''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Tommy Trinder]], [[Mary Parker (English actress)|Mary Parker]] and [[Dora Bryan]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114114653/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/58879 BFI | Film & TV Database | YOU LUCKY PEOPLE! (1955)]. Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk (2009-04-16). Retrieved on 2011-12-02.</ref> Originally titled ''Get Fell In'', the film was renamed to match Trinder's familiar [[catchphrase]].<ref name=screenonline>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1421612/|title=BFI Screenonline: You Lucky People! (1955)|work=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> It was shot in a rival French process to [[CinemaScope]], called 'CameraScope', with the attendant publicity describing "the first feature to be made with an anamorphic lens in black and white! It's a camerascoop!".<ref>{{cite book|author=John Reid|title=Cinemascope One: Stupendous In 'scope|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGJg9zqwfPcC&pg=PA123|access-date=2 December 2011|date=15 May 2004|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-4116-0740-8|page=123}}</ref><ref name=screenonline/> It was shot at [[Beaconsfield Studios]] near [[London]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[Ray Simm]].

==Premise==
An intake of civilian [[reservists]] arrive at army camp to do their two weeks refresher training.

==Cast==
* [[Tommy Trinder]] as Tommy Smart
* [[Mary Parker (English actress)|Mary Parker]] as Private Sally Briggs
* [[Dora Bryan]] as Sergeant Hortense Tipp
* [[Ronald Brittain|R.S.M. Brittain]] as Himself
* [[James Copeland (actor)|James Copeland]] as Private Jim Campbell
* Michael Kelly as Sergeant Manners
* [[Mark Singleton (actor)|Mark Singleton]] as Lieutenant Arthur Robson
* [[Charles Rolfe]] as Hooky
* [[Rolf Harris]] as Private Proudfoot
* Rufus Cruikshank as Sergeant Major Horace Thickpenny
* [[Michael Trubshawe]] as Lieutenant Colonel Barkstone-Gadsby
* [[Harold Goodwin (English actor)|Harold Goodwin]] as Private Rossiter
* [[Mignon O'Doherty]] as Colonel Trudgeon
* Derek Prentice as Cpl Jones
* [[Marcia Ashton]] as Pvt. Stubby Braithwaite
* [[Felix Felton]] as Sergeant Cook
* [[Patrick Jordan]] as Corporal
* [[Kenneth Kove]] as Old Soldier
* [[Norman Mitchell]] as Soldier

==Reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' wrote, "other than an occasional laugh, it's hard to find much worth recommending in this farce on British army life";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/you-lucky-people/review/110089/|title=You Lucky People|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref> while [[BFI Screenonline]] describes how the film did steady business on its release, with [[Kine Weekly]] writing, "expertly handled by (Elvey) the doyen of English directors...team work hearty, gags both time honoured and topical and staging generous."<ref name=screenonline/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0048821}}
*[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1421612/index.html ''You Lucky People!''] at [[BFI Screenonline]]

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[[Category:1955 films]]
[[Category:1955 comedy films]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Maurice Elvey]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Military humor in film]]
[[Category:Films set in England]]
[[Category:Films shot at Beaconsfield Studios]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:English-language comedy films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Edwin Astley]]

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