The Oracle (film)

The Oracle (known as The Horse's Mouth in the USA^[1] ) is a 1953 British comedy film directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards and starring Robert Beatty, Michael Medwin and Virginia McKenna.^[2] A journalist 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

The Oracle at the Internet Movie Database

The films of C. M. Pennington-Richards

The Oracle (1953) Hour of Decision (1957) Stormy Crossing (1958) Inn for Trouble (1960) Double Bunk (1961) Dentist on the Job (1961) Mystery Submarine (1963) Ladies Who Do (1963) Danny the Dragon (1967) A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967) Sky Pirates (1977)