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The Oracle (1953)

19531h 19mdir. C. M. Pennington-RichardsUnited Kingdomcomedy film

With Robert Beatty

Directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards

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The Oracle (known as The Horse's Mouth in the United States) is a 1953 British second feature ('B') comedy film directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards and starring Robert Beatty, Michael Medwin and Virginia McKenna. The film was based on the radio play To Tell You the Truth by Robert Barr. A journalist goes on holiday to Ireland and encounters a fortune-teller.

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