German-Speaking Emigrés A Biographical Database |
| THE ORACLE |
| Title of the Film | THE ORACLE |
| Alternative Titles | TO TELL THE TRUTH; HORSE'S MOUTH |
| English Titles | |
| Year of Release | 1953 |
| Country of Origin | UK |
| Language(s) | English |
| Run Time (in minutes) | 84 |
| Length (in meters) | 2282 |
| Colour | b/w |
| Genre | Comedy, fantasy |
| Based on/Source | Radio play by Robert Barr |
| Production Companies | Group 3 Ltd. |
| Producer(s) | Colin Lesslie |
| Director | C.M. Pennington-Richards |
| Cast | Robert Beatty, Michael Medwin, Mervyn Johns, Virginia McKenna, Joseph Tomelty |
| Literature | Cine-Technician, January 1953 Kinematograph Weekly, 5 March 1953 Monthly Film Bulletin, April 1953 Times, 15 May 1953 Jewish Chronicle, 15 May 1953 Variety, 10 June 1953 Picturegoer, 13 June 1953 |
| Special notes | Director of photography: Wolf Suschitzky "It makes 84 minutes pass agreeably and a pleasant, out-of-door wind blows through it." (Times) |