How is “work like a charm” used?

In The Mighty (1998), one line is: “Worked like a charm, didn't it ? Oh, did you lose this ?”

Which movie is “work like a charm” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from The Mighty (1998).

Worked like a charm, didn't it ? Oh, did you lose this ?

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to be immediately and completely successful

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to be immediately and completely successful
Hey, and your idea about throwing the little girl on the ground, that just worked like a charm.

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版