“Choosing good is the real pot of gold!”
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.
Tyrone Power
Stephen Fitzgerald
Anne Baxter
Nora
Cecil Kellaway
Horace (A Leprechaun)
Lee J. Cobb
David C. Augur
James Todd
Bill Clark
Jayne Meadows
Frances Augur
J.M. Kerrigan
Tatie the Innkeeper
Phil Brown
Tom Higginbotham
Charles Irwin
Cornelius
Helen Dietrich
Piano player
The Luck of the Irish is a fantasy, comedy, romance film released in 1948 exploring themes of leprechaun. Directed by Henry Koster, it stars Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway. 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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