A younger down-on-his-luck gestured with a half empty bottle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Time of the Transference]

Steve Guttenberg stars as Buzzy, a down-on-his-luck former.    From Wordnik.com.  [2006 October | Scary For Kids] Reference

He's 'Alex Martin', down-on-his-luck actor whose star is rising.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference

Kallakak is a down-on-his-luck, weary, but fundamentally good guy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference

And there, ready to make his wish come true, is a down-on-his-luck Rumpelstiltskin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Shrek Forever After] Reference

The story follows Matt Fuller, a down-on-his-luck lab assistant at a near-future MIT.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman] Reference

The down-on-his-luck athlete manages to rustle up a few bucks here and there, though.    From Wordnik.com.  [02 « December « 2008 « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture] Reference

And, playing Mephisto's advocate here, does PP ALWAYS have to be a down-on-his-luck character?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six issues in, NOTHING about Amazing Spider-Man and “Brand New Day” could NOT have been done with a married Peter Parker | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference

Summary: A down-on-his-luck author finds that his new kitchen appliances can do more than advertised.    From Wordnik.com.  [BestScienceFictionStories.com » Post Topic » 10 Science Fiction Stories That Would Make Great Short Films] Reference

William Holden plays the down-on-his-luck writer who agrees to help her with the script she's preparing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

It tells the story of a down-on-his-luck construction worker who discovers a pair of special sunglasses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Matlack: Shep Visionary or Criminal?] Reference

The down-on-his-luck character is the superintendent of a tenement on Avenue Q: He sings "Schadenfreude.".    From Wordnik.com.  ['Avenue Q' at the Lansburgh Theatre: Smutty puppets in a Shakespeare temple?] Reference

Baker plays the ex-wife of Hoffman, a down-on-his-luck New York jingle writer with a tough boss Richard Schiff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monday, October 1] Reference

For example, a down-on-his-luck hitchhiker made his way to the office to see if he could track down his tax return.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vp Visits At Treasury Dept On Reinventing Government] Reference

Duchovny perfectly encapsulates the down-on-his-luck Hollywood writer, quite possibly because he knows the feeling.    From Wordnik.com.  [CALIFORNICATION: Duchovny Returns to TV in Style | the TV addict] Reference

The protagonist, Edward Moon, is a down-on-his-luck magician who also has a once-lucrative sideline in detective work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brief note: The Somnambulist] Reference

And in the original story Dr. Faustus, the guy selling his soul was not some down-on-his-luck hack wanting to make it big.    From Wordnik.com.  [EP057: Chuckles Mulrooney, Attorney for the Damned] Reference

Smith himself is no stranger to the four-color world, having recently starred as a down-on-his-luck superhero in "Hancock.".    From Wordnik.com.  [EXCLUSIVE: Is Will Smith The New Captain America?] Reference

Nishali Hayat (ph) or "A Cheerful Life" is about a down-on-his-luck working class Turk who's hired to work as a mall Santa.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009] Reference

A down-on-his-luck taxpayer hitchhiked from out of state to the IRS Ogden, Utah Service Center to pick up his refund check.    From Wordnik.com.  [Npr On Improving Customer Service] Reference

Bumbling, down-on-his-luck bounty-hunter-for-hire Melgor (as played by the lovable JOE PESCI) talks to Darth Sidious on a holovid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why We Need A New Star Wars Holiday Special] Reference

He had a good life -- friends, an easy living, enough money to satisfy himself and help out a down-on-his-luck cowhand now and then.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gabriel's Lady]

It seems, from the trailer, that Mr. Pegg's character is a down-on-his-luck average guy; while Mr. Azaria is the well-to-do gentleman.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Run, Fat Boy, Run’ Director David Schwimmer Answers Your Questions: Part I » MTV Movies Blog] Reference

In my salad days I thought I would be an expatriate, perhaps sharing the bed of a down-on-his-luck count in the back streets of Montmartre.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Heart, I'm A Provincial New Yorker] Reference

Here's the press copy summing up the premise: He's Alex Martin, the down-on-his-luck actor whose star is rising thanks to a roadside rescue caught on tape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comics Should Be Good’s Question of the Month! | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference

He returned to the courtroom with 1982's The Verdict, starring Paul Newman as a down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer who redeems himself with a malpractice case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sidney Lumet Dies at 86] Reference

And Gil Terry is the down-on-his-luck criminal who faces up to the events that led him to a life of crime and overcomes them as he grows to care for Cali's two boys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference

And Leon the hippopotamus, one the coolest and hippest guys in town, has struck up a unlikely friendship with a down-on-his-luck high school sociology teacher, Pedro the mouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sundance Announces 2010 Short Film Program – Collider.com] Reference