US Release date: 26 May 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 April 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Running time: 99 minutes.
Director: Lewis R. Foster
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Brian Donlevy & Claire Trevor
Australian Distributor: United Artists
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum for one week from 2 December 1949 with The Bullfighters as support.
Suburban Release Type: Independent Reservoir Plaza EX-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 70 | 274 |
| EF PPE | 2.50 | 212 |
| Metres Travelled | 233,877 | 301 |
| Average MT | 8,353 | 346 |
| Engagements | 28 | 281 |
| Slots | 30 | 298 |
| Weeks | 2 | 238 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 7.14% | 235 |
| Saturdays | 18 | 135 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 64.29% | 40 |
| Tuesdays | 8 | 200 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 28.57% | 194 |
| First billed | 6 | 182 |
| Second billed | 22 | 139 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts Ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 2 |
| Ratio | 7.14% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -85.22% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 26 |
| Ratio | 92.86% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 87.47% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 21 |
| Ratio | 75.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 9.22% |
| Independent eng | 2 |
| Ratio | 7.14% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -4.36% |
| Suburban eng | 5 |
| Ratio | 17.86% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -4.86% |
Notes: This UA-distributed indie comedy thriller appeared to suffer the ignominy of being lost to a few scattered Independent bookings before Hoyts regained interest 16 (!) weeks after it first screened in Reservoir, picking it up as a partner to the similar tongue-in-cheek The Big Steal. Five weeks and 26 bookings were wrung out of this second effort, before it was returned to the shelf.
The Lucky Stiff engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 1/4/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Johnny Stool Pigeon |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 8/4/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Love in Waiting |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 17 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 17 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 17 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 17 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 17 | S | 2 | Sanders of the River |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 17 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| St.Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 17 | W | 1 | The Lost Tribe |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 22/7/50 | 17 | W | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 29/7/50 | 18 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 18 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 18 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 18 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 18 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 29/7/50 | 18 | T | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 29/7/50 | 18 | T | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 29/7/50 | 18 | T | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 19 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 19 | S | 1 | Abandoned |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 19 | S | 1 | The Big Steal |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 19 | T | 1 | A Kiss in the Dark |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 19 | T | 2 | The Big Steal |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 12/8/50 | 20 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 20 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 21 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 19/8/50 | 21 | S | 2 | The Big Steal |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 22 | T | 1 | Abandoned |
The 1950 Project 