The Luck of the Irish (1948)

Director
Henry Koster

Main cast
Tyrone Power; Anne Baxter; Cecil Kellaway; Lee J. Cobb; James Todd

Genres
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Description
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.


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