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Lucky Day (2002)
Nora Barkin is an aspiring actress who supports herself by working for a courier service. No sooner has Nora's friend and coworker Bill Reagan jubilantly announced that he possesses a lottery ticket worth 13 million dollars than Bill is killed by an unknown assailant. Though discouraged from doing so by investigating detective Marinello, Nora insists upon trying to solve Bill's murder herself.
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Nora Barkin is an aspiring actress who supports herself by working for a courier service. No sooner has Nora's friend and coworker Bill Reagan jubilantly announced that he possesses a lottery ticket worth 13 million dollars than Bill is killed by an unknown assailant. Though discouraged from doing so by investigating detective Marinello, Nora insists upon trying to solve Bill's murder herself.
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Genre:Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
Written By:Peter Mohan
In Theaters:4/27/2002
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Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Lucky Day Productions, Filmtime Productions, 2DF Enterprises
Cast
Penelope Buitenhuis
Director
Amanda Donohoe
Nora Barkin
Gregor Törzs
Jack Barkin (as Gregor Toerz)
Karen LeBlanc
Kristen
Andrew Gillies
Dexter Moore
Guylaine St-Onge
Sandra Keele
Gino Marrocco
Bill Reagan
Tony Lo Bianco
Detective Marinello
Douglas Gibson
Detective Marinello’s Partner
Mary Higgins Clark
Grandma
Elizabeth Higgins Clark
Chrissy (as Elizabeth Clark)
Desmond Campbell
Terry
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