Film

Who's Superstitious?

6.7194311mNRDocumentary

Age rating: NR
Director: Sammy Lee
Year: 1943

This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking champagne bottles to christen ships, plus the role of superstitions in the Flying Dutchman tale.

Top cast

John Nesbitt

Narrator

Ernie Alexander

Man Walking Under Ladder

Barbara Bedford

Wife

Margaret Bert

Diner Who Throws Salt

Jack Gardner

Man in Friday the 13th Sequence

Edmund Mortimer

Ship Owner (archive footage)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Dice Player

Emmett Vogan

Husband Who Opens Umbrella

Directed by

Sammy Lee

Written by

Richard H. Landau, Douglas Foster

Produced by

John Nesbitt

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