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The Eternal Question

The Eternal Question

19541h 1m

Overview

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.

Directed by Anthony Young
Written by Josef Ranald
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Top Cast

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Josef Ranald

Himself / The Palm Reader

Terence Alexander

Terence Alexander

Ranald's Assistant

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Benedicta Leigh

Miss Langley

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Aryl Blatchford

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Stewart Mitchell

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Hilda Fenemore

Mrs. Kane

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Richard Burrell

Arthur Reed

Bill Nagy

Bill Nagy

Police Captain Scott

Ron Ormond

Ron Ormond

Narrator

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Ann Cornell

Themes & Keywords

fortune tellerpalmistry

About The Eternal Question

The Eternal Question is a drama, fantasy film released in 1954 exploring themes of fortune teller, palmistry. Directed by Anthony Young, it stars Josef Ranald, Terence Alexander, Benedicta Leigh. 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.

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