I saw a movie back in the early 80s in elementary school.  It was in English and in color. I think the title was something like “The Boy Who Couldn’t Lose” but i don’t think that is it, since I have searched for years. ..

There is a boy who becomes very lucky, and always wins. I only remember two scenes; he throws a basketball over his head and swooshs it, and at the end of the movie he almost gets hit by a truck, but falls in a man hole and it misses him. I’m fairly certain this movie was aimed at kids as I saw it on “movie day” in school.