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Fate Takes a Hand
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Wikipedia article
'Fate Takes a Hand' is a 1961 British anthology drama film.[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9e55ec 'Fate Takes a Hand'] at BFI
Plot
The recovery of a mail bag stolen in a robbery 15 years before has varying consequences on the lives of five of the recipients of the letters, when the post office decide that the mail should be delivered. Several lives are changed, as witnessed by a newspaper reporter, accompanied by a post office security officer, who decide to follow up on several of the letters.
Cast
*Ronald Howard as Tony
*Christina Gregg as Karon
*Basil Dignam as Wheeler
*Willoughby Goddard as Rollenshaw
*Jack Watson as Bulldog
*Peter Butterworth as Ronnie
*Mary Laura Wood as Sandra
*Noel Trevarthen as Bob
*Sheila Whittingham as Jenny
*Michael Peake as Ross
*Laidman Browne as Maxwell
*Derek Blomfield as Briggs
*Valerie Gearon as Peggy
*Valentine Dyall as Wilson
*John Gabriel as Matt Little
*Brian Cobby as Mark
*Peter Swanwick as Preeny
*Bruce Beeby as Inspector Phillips
*Arnold Bell as Finch
*Michael Anthony as Fuller
*Carl Duering as Mike
*Liza Page as Lola
*Reginald Hearne as Warder
*Peter Bennett as Max
*Angela Douglas as Secretary
*Robert Webber as Wayne
*Eric Dodson as Janitor
*Gilda Emmanueli as Sally
*Larry Noble as Tough
*Andrew Kane as Young Boxer
*Martin Wyldeck as Doctor
Critical reception
'AllMovie' called it "a throwback to the British "portmanteau" films of the 1950s"; while 'TV Guide' gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote, "the effect of the late letters' delivery to the recipients makes for five delightful little tales. Good performances all the way around."
References
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