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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.
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Audiences 63GoodWatch 62
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than most comedies, −15 min on the typical 100
typical 10085Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 126 countries
+116Released
1953
June 1, 1953
73 years ago
Genres
ComedyFantasyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
20 of 20
Robert BeattyBob Jefferson
Michael MedwinTimothy Blake
Virginia McKennaShelagh
Mervyn JohnsTom Mitchum
Arthur MacraeAlan Digby
Gillian LindJane Bond
Ursula HowellsPeggy
Louise HamptonMiss Turner
John CharlesworthDenis
Joseph TomeltyTerry Roche
Lockwood WestAdams
Maire O'NeillMrs. Lenham- JMJohn McBrideMick
Derek TansleyIdiot Boy- PMPatrick McAlinneyO'Keefe
Denis GilmoreDickie- JIJoan IsmayChild
- DPDavid PowellChild
- LSLee SimmondsChild
- GHGilbert HardingThe Oracle (voice) (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- C.M. Pennington-Richards Director
Writing · 1
- Patrick Campbell Screenplay
Production · 2
- John Grierson Executive Producer
- Colin Lesslie Producer
Other crew · 2
- Robert Barr Radio Play
- Anthony Steven Additional Dialogue
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