The Luck of the Irish (1948 film)
| The Luck of the Irish | |
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20th Century Fox | |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Luck of the Irish is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Henry Koster, and starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter.[1] The film was based on the 1948 novel There Was a Little Man by Guy Pearce Jones and Constance Bridges Jones.
Plot
Stephen Fitzgerald, a newspaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and beautiful young Nora, while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiancée, Frances, and her wealthy father, David C. Augur, in the midst of a political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in the big city as well. Stephen is torn between the wealth he might enjoy in New York or returning to his roots in Ireland.
Cast
- Tyrone Power as Stephen Fitzgerald[2]
- Anne Baxter as Nora
- Cecil Kellaway as Horace
- Lee J. Cobb as David C. Augur
- Jayne Meadows as Frances Augur
- James Todd as Bill Clark
- J. M. Kerrigan as Tatie the innkeeper
- Phil Brown as Tom Higginbotham
- John Davidson as Reporter (uncredited)
- George Melford as Doorman (uncredited)
Awards and nominations
- Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Cecil Kellaway
Radio adaptation
The Luck of the Irish was presented on Lux Radio Theatre on CBS December 27, 1948. The adaptation starred Dana Andrews, Baxter, Kellaway, and Stanley Holloway.[3]
References
- ^ "THE LUCK OF THE IRISH(1948) ALSO KNOWN AS: FOR FEAR OF LITTLE MEN / LEAVE IT TO THE IRISH / THAT OLD MAGIC / THE SHAMROCK TOUCH". Turner Classic Movies. tcm.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "The Luck of the Irish". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Those Were the Days". Nostalgia Digest. 39 (1): 32–41. Winter 2013.
External links
- The Luck of the Irish at IMDb
- The Luck of the Irish at the TCM Movie Database
- The Luck of the Irish at Rotten Tomatoes
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