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| Warner Bros./Seven Arts | Release Date: October 9, 1968 |
Starring:
Al Freeman Jr., Barbara Hancock, Dolph Sweet, Don Francks, Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn, Petula Clark, Ronald Colby, Tommy Steele, Wright King
Summary:
An Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that will change people's lives, including a struggling farmer and African American citizens threatened by a bigoted politician.
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Overall, the $4 million film has an ethereal quality: it’s a blend of real elements, such as love, greed, compassion, prejudice, and other aspects of human nature both noble and otherwise; yet it’s also infused with mystical elements of magic, leprechauns, pixies and wishes that come true.
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The 1947 Broadway hit (which flopped in the West End) is an uneasy blend of Irish blarney, American whimsy and social satire (directed against Southern racists), but it's handled with freshness and vigour by Francis Coppola in his first job for a Hollywood major. [08 Mar 1988, p.13]
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