Ann Blyth, Anne Baxter, Beatrice Campbell

Steven Fitzgerald, a newpaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and a beautiful young woman while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiance and her wealthy father's political campai...( read more  read more... )gn in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in New York as well. Steven is torn between the wealth he might enjoy in New York or returning to his roots in Ireland.

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Unrated, 99 min.

Directed by: Henry Koster, Roy Ward Baker

Release Date: September 15, 1948

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DVD Release Date: July 29, 2008

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  • November 25, 2009
    A charming little movie about a man who meets a Leprechaun (played by Cecil Kellaway from It's a wonderful life), which in turn is determined to show him the true path to love and happiness. What sounds rather cheesy is a tender and amusing comedy, which is half screwball, half c...( read more)haracter study. The scenes set in Ireland are lovely to look at and warm the heart so is Cecil Kellaway's oscar nominated performance of the Irish gnome. The movie is virtually unknown and hard to find on DVD, you can watch it on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbPfmFZPpsM.

    Recommended for fans of Ireland, classic Hollywood and B-Movies.

    Henrik
  • December 15, 2008
    no thanks not my thing
  • November 28, 2008
    See this when it comes on TCM again.

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