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{{short description|1959 British comedy film by John Boulting}}
{{about|the film|the British expression|I'm alright, Jack}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = I'm All Right Jack
| image          = I'm All Right Jack UK poster.jpg
| caption        = Original British film poster
| director       = [[John and Roy Boulting|John Boulting]]
| producer       = Roy Boulting
| based_on       = {{Based on|''Private Life''|[[Alan Hackney]]}}
| screenplay     = [[Frank Harvey (English screenwriter)|Frank Harvey]]<br />John Boulting<br />Alan Hackney
| starring       = [[Ian Carmichael]]<br />[[Peter Sellers]]<br />[[Richard Attenborough]]<br />[[Margaret Rutherford|Dame Margaret Rutherford]]<br />[[Terry-Thomas]]
| music          = Ken Hare<br />[[Ron Goodwin]]
| cinematography = [[Mutz Greenbaum]]
| editing        = [[Anthony Harvey]]
| studio         = <!-- Redirects to Boulting brothers article -->Charter Film Productions
| distributor    = [[British Lion Films]] (UK)
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|1959|08|13|UK}}
| runtime        = 101 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         =
}}

'''''I'm All Right Jack''''' is a 1959 British [[comedy film]] directed and produced by [[John and Roy Boulting]] from a script by [[Frank Harvey (English screenwriter)|Frank Harvey]], John Boulting and [[Alan Hackney]] based on the 1958 novel ''Private Life'' by [[Alan Hackney]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=I'm All Right Jack |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150038803 |access-date=5 January 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref>

The film is a sequel to the Boultings' 1956 film ''[[Private's Progress]]'' and [[Ian Carmichael]], [[Dennis Price]], [[Richard Attenborough]], [[Terry-Thomas]] and [[Miles Malleson]] reprise their characters. [[Peter Sellers]] played one of his best remembered roles as the trades union [[shop steward]] Fred Kite, and won a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor|BAFTA Best Actor Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1960/film/british-actor|title=1960 Film British Actor|work=bafta.org}}</ref> The rest of the cast included many well-known British comedy actors of the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/FilmCredit.aspx?FilmID=9214|title=I'm All Right Jack|work=aveleyman.com}}</ref>

The film is a [[satire]] on British industrial life in the 1950s. The title is a [[Alright Jack|well-known English expression]] indicating smug and complacent selfishness.<ref>[http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/im-all-right-jack Collins English Dictionary, ''I'm all right, Jack'']</ref> The trade unions, workers and bosses are all seen to be incompetent or corrupt. The film is one of the satires made by the Boulting Brothers between 1956 and 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/441166/|title=BFI Screenonline: I'm All Right Jack (1959)|work=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>