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  1. Movies
  2. The Eternal Question

The Eternal Question

Original Title: Hands of Destiny

1954
1h 1m
Drama
Fantasy

Status

Released

Release

1954

Runtime

1h 1m

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Storyline

Real-life palm reader Josef Ranald helps people two determine their futures. Some sources claim this British film was never released, or even finished, until 1956 when American Ron Ormond acquired it and added a brief sequence about a girl hitchhiker and a psycho motorist, releasing it finally as The Eternal Question.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 1m
Jun 11, 1954
Languages
English
Director
Anthony Young
Production
Grosvenor Films
Grosvenor Films
Ron Ormond Enterprises
Ron Ormond Enterprises
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America

Top Cast

14 Cast Members

Josef Ranald

Himself / The Palm Reader

Terence Alexander

Terence Alexander

Ranald's Assistant

Benedicta Leigh

Miss Langley

Aryl Blatchford

Stewart Mitchell

Hilda Fenemore

Mrs. Kane

Richard Burrell

Arthur Reed

Bill Nagy

Bill Nagy

Police Captain Scott

Ron Ormond

Ron Ormond

Narrator

Ann Cornell

James Clayton

Wanda Danielli

Asta Bredigand

Charles Chaplin, Jr.

Charles Chaplin, Jr.

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