The Oracle (film)
The Oracle (known as The Horse's Mouth in the United States[1] ) is a 1953 British comedy film directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards and starring Robert Beatty, Michael Medwin and Virginia McKenna.[2] The screenplay concerns a journalist who goes on holiday to Ireland where he encounters a fortune-teller. It was based on a radio play To Tell You the Truth by Robert Barr.
Cast
- Robert Beatty - Bob Jefferson
- Michael Medwin - Timothy Blake
- Virginia McKenna - Shelagh
- Mervyn Johns - Tom Mitchum
- Arthur Macrae - Alan Digby
- Gillian Lind - Jane Bond
- Ursula Howells - Peggy
- Louise Hampton - Miss Turner
- John Charlesworth - Denis
- Joseph Tomelty- Terry Roche
- Lockwood West - Adams
- Maire O'Neill - Mrs Lenham
- John McBride - Mick
- Derek Tansley - Idiot Boy
- Patrick McAlinney - O'Keefe
- Lionel Marson - Announcer
- Jean St. Clair - Young Girl
- Jack May - Old Man
- Gilbert Harding - Voice of the Oracle
References
- ↑ Chibnall, Steve (2003). Get Carter. UK: I. B. Taurus. p. 23. ISBN 9781860649103.
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/45289
Bibliography
- Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press, 2007.
External links
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