Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
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John Nesbitt
- Narrator
- (voice)
Peter Cushing
- Robert Clive of India
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
- Mrs. Jones
- (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
- Harry Jones
- (uncredited)
Richard Nichols
- Harry Jones' Son
- (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
- Dr. William Roentgen
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- ConnectionsFollowed by A Way in the Wilderness (1940)
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Very Entertaining Passing Parade Entry
Hidden Master, The (1940)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Highly entertaining entry in MGM's Passing Parade series takes a look at three different stories involving luck. The first has a man (Peter Cushing) suffering from melancholia and decides to kill himself but it doesn't work out as planned. The second story has a doctor accidentally discovering X-rays. The third story deals with a poor father who never has any luck and this continues one night when a drunk man calls the wrong number and wakes him up. He doesn't realize at first how this is going to change his life. There's nothing ground breaking here in terms of film-making, acting or directing but these stories are interesting and entertaining enough to where you'll have no problem making it through these 9-minutes. I thought the middle story was the weakest but perhaps that's because it's only given about a minutes worth of time. The first and especially the last story are extremely well done and will have you wondering about the "luck" that happened. It was fun seeing Peter Cushing playing the man who would turn out to be Robert Clive but it's also worth noting that this story was left out of the film CLIVE OF India. The final story is without question the best as it contains some great drama and a nice twist to the luck.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Highly entertaining entry in MGM's Passing Parade series takes a look at three different stories involving luck. The first has a man (Peter Cushing) suffering from melancholia and decides to kill himself but it doesn't work out as planned. The second story has a doctor accidentally discovering X-rays. The third story deals with a poor father who never has any luck and this continues one night when a drunk man calls the wrong number and wakes him up. He doesn't realize at first how this is going to change his life. There's nothing ground breaking here in terms of film-making, acting or directing but these stories are interesting and entertaining enough to where you'll have no problem making it through these 9-minutes. I thought the middle story was the weakest but perhaps that's because it's only given about a minutes worth of time. The first and especially the last story are extremely well done and will have you wondering about the "luck" that happened. It was fun seeing Peter Cushing playing the man who would turn out to be Robert Clive but it's also worth noting that this story was left out of the film CLIVE OF India. The final story is without question the best as it contains some great drama and a nice twist to the luck.
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- Michael_Elliott
- May 19, 2010
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- Passing Parade No. 13: The Hidden Master
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- Runtime11 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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