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Fate Takes a Hand is a 1961 British anthology drama film directed by Max Varnel and starring Ronald Howard and Christina Gregg.
Fate Takes a Hand: Directed by Max Varnel. With Ronald Howard, Christina Gregg, Basil Dignam, Willoughby Goddard. A mail bag stolen in a robbery 15 years ago, is found and the post office decide that the letters should be delivered.
- (72)
- Drama
- Max Varnel
- 1962-02
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- (2)
- Ronald Howard
- Max Varnel
Fate Takes a Hand is a throwback to the British "portmanteau" films of the 1950s. One solitary incident leads to ramifications for several different people, whose triumphs or travails are dealt with individually. In this instance, the catalyst is a mailbag, which pops up after a 15-year disappearance.
- Max Varnel
When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters to their original intended addressees. This solitary incident has profound ramifications on several of the recipients and this film tells the story of how just five of those letters changed peoples lives forever.
An hour-long programmer that feels like a pilot for a reality TV-series with Christina Gregg, who starred in several crime thrillers, which FATE TAKES A HAND has only a little to do with, but it's important since, fifteen-years earlier, a batch of letters were stolen in a heist, and having turned up it's now the British Post Office's duty to ...
