If I'm Lucky is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Phil Silvers and Carmen Miranda in the leading roles.

Mark Dwyer, a member of the corrupt State Campaign Committee decides to drop the ineffectual Magonnagle and instead run Allen as a candidate to avoid accusations of fraudulent election practices.

After Allen and Linda fall in love, Gillingwater asks the band to join his radio show, and Wally negotiates a thirty-nine-week contract at $10,000 per week.

According to the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department, the "Batucada" number was the last sequence to be shot and was photographed by Joseph La Shelle.

The picture is very similar to the 1935 Twentieth Century-Fox production Thanks a Million, but neither credits nor studio information acknowledge that If I'm Lucky is a remake of the earlier film.

He describes the plot as an absurd and ridiculous fantasy, in which a singer runs for governor to further his own career and that of his musician friends, while exposing a political conspiracy.

He criticizes the actors, such as Perry Como, Vivian Blaine, and Carmen Miranda, arguing they lack the qualifications for their roles and that their performances are inconsistent.

[8] Edwin Schallert of the Los Angeles Times partly agrees with Crowther, stating that despite If I’m Lucky’s attempts to present a plausible story, the film ends up being “totally absurd”.

[9] Nelson Bell of the Washington Post describes the movie as an attempt at offering "unreflective, ephemeral fun" without depth or substance.