| Fate Takes a Hand | |
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| Directed by | Max Varnel |
| Written by | Brian Clemens |
| Produced by | The Danzigers |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Jimmy Wilson |
| Edited by | Spencer Reeve |
Production company | Danziger Productions Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | February 1962 (UK) |
Running time | 72 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Fate Takes a Hand is a 1961 British anthology drama film directed by Max Varnel and starring Ronald Howard and Christina Gregg.[1]
The recovery of a post bag stolen in a robbery fifteen years earlier has varying consequences for the lives of five of the recipients of the letters when the Post Office decides that the post should be delivered. Several lives are changed, as witnessed by a newspaper reporter and a Post Office security guard who follow up on several of the letters.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Extravagantly unlikely omnibus film made up of five widely assorted vignettes with twist endings. The script is pat and the production values unremarkable, but the blend of comedy, drama and sentiment is bearable in an ingenuous kind of way."[2]
AllMovie called it "a throwback to the British "portmanteau" films of the 1950s."[3]
TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, and writes that "the effect of the late letters' delivery to the recipients makes for five delightful little tales. Good performances all the way around."[4]
