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The Oracle is a film of genre Comedy directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards released in USA on 7 january 1954 with Robert Beatty
The Oracle (1953)
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Add to a movie listThe Oracle (known as The Horse's Mouth in the USA ) is a 1953 British comedy film directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards and starring Robert Beatty, Michael Medwin and Virginia McKenna. 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.
Actors
Robert Beatty
(Bob Jefferson)
Michael Medwin
(Timothy Blake)
Virginia McKenna
(Shelagh)
Mervyn Johns
(Tom Mitchum)
Ursula Howells
(Peggy)
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