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Fate Takes a Hand (Original title)
Date: 1961 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Max Varnel

Synopsis: Comedy/drama threaded together with the story of personal letters recovered 15 years after a mail robbery.

Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Credits (18)
Produced by: Edward J. Danziger, Produced by: Harry Lee Danziger, Production Manager: John Draper, Production Supervisor: Brian Taylor, Assistant Director: Geoffrey Helman, Continuity: Phyllis Townshend, Story by: Brian Clemens, Director of Photography: Jimmy Wilson, Camera Operator: Paddy Aherne, Editor: Spencer Reeve, Art Director: Norman Arnold, Wardrobe: Rene Coke, Make-up: Aldo Manganaro, Hairdresser: Elsie Alder, Recording Supervisor: W.A. Howell, Sound Recordist: George Adams, Sound Editor: John Smith
Cast (31)
Ronald Howard (Tony), Christina Gregg (Karon), Basil Dignam (Wheeler), Willoughby Goddard (Rollenshaw), Jack Watson (Bulldog), Peter Butterworth (Ronnie), Mary Laura Wood (Sandra), Noel Trevarthen (Bob), Sheila Whittingham (Jenny), Michael Peake (Ross), Laidman Browne (Maxwell), Derek Blomfield (Briggs), Valerie Gearon (Peggy), Valentine Dyall (Wilson), John Gabriel (Matt Little), Brian Cobby (Mark), Peter Swanwick (Preeny), Bruce Beeby (Inspector Phillips), Arnold Bell (Finch), Michael Anthony (Fuller), Carl Duering (Mike), Liza Page (Lola), Reginald Hearne (warder), Peter Bennett (Max), Angela Douglas (secretary), Robert Webber (Wayne), Eric Dodson (janitor), Gilda Emmanuelli (Sally), Larry Noble (tough), Andrew Kane (young boxer), Martin Wyldeck (doctor)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (3)
In: Kine Weekly n2838 22 Feb 1962  Page: 21
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2838 22 Feb 1962: no known title]Language: English

In: The Daily Cinema n8574 16 Feb 1962  Page: 7
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8574 16 Feb 1962: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v29 n339 April 1962  Page: 52
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v29 n339 April 1962: no known title]Language: English