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The Luck of Ginger Coffey is about James Francis Coffey, a 39-year-old Irishman who is called "Ginger" because of his reddish hair and moustache. He is unfulfilled career-wise, no matter which job he takes on. After his release from the Army, he and his wife Vera, together with their 14-year-old daughter Paulie, move to Montreal.
- Leon Roth
- Bernardo Segall
- 1964
The Luck of Ginger Coffey: Directed by Irvin Kershner. With Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond, Tom Harvey. An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.
- (303)
- Drama
- Irvin Kershner
- 1966-05-16
The Luck of Ginger Coffey, a novel by Northern Irish - Canadian writer Brian Moore, was published in 1960, in the United States by The Atlantic Monthly and in the United Kingdom by Andre Deutsch. In Canada, it received a Governor General's Award. The book was made into a film, directed by Irvin Kershner, and released in 1964.
- Brian Moore
- 243
- 1960
- 1960
His third novel, The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1960) is a tonal and geographic shift as Moore brings an immigrant’s optimistic outlook to Canada and makes it face reality. James ‘Ginger’ Coffey, tired of being a dogsbody in Dublin, has uprooted his wife and daughter in the search for the new opportunities and better life he deserves.
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James "Ginger" Coffey (Robert Shaw), an unemployed Irishman whose nickname stems from his red hair and mustache, moves his family to Montreal in hopes of finding work. He has trouble getting a job ...
- Irvin Kershner
- Drama
- Robert Shaw
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The Luck of Ginger Coffey was Brian Moore’s third novel, and its setting is the Canada of the late 1950’s, a promising new world for immigrants willing to try their luck north of the Canadian ...
Thirty-nine-year-old Ginger Coffey, unable to hold a job in his native Ireland, emigrates to Canada with his wife, Vera, and his 14-year-old daughter, Paulie. He is no more successful there, and Vera, having saved enough money, wishes to return home. When Ginger spends the passage money, Vera takes Paulie and leaves.
