''The Fickle Finger of Fate'' (also known as ''El Dedo del destino'' and ''The Cup of St. Sebastian'') is a 1967
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Richard Rush, produced by
Sidney W. Pink, and starring
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond, clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. He was a Hollywood heartthrob of t ...
. Hunter stars as a clumsy businessman who accidentally gets wrapped up in a plot of intrigue while on a trip to Spain.
Cast
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Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm; July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond, clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. He was a Hollywood heartthrob of t ...
as Jerry
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Luis Prendes
Luis Prendes Estrada (22 August 1913 – 27 October 1998) was a Spanish actor. He was considered one of the country's most famous movie star during the 1940s and 1950s. He was also an important figure in the country's theatre.
Selected fi ...
as Winkle
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Gustavo Rojo
Gustavo Rojo Pinto (5 September 1923 – 22 April 2017) was a Uruguayan-Mexican actor.
Life and career
Gustavo Rojo was born on 5 September 1923 on a German ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. His mother was the prominent Spanish auth ...
as Estrala
*Fernando Hilbeck as Fuentes
*Ralph Brown as Jaffe
* as Paco
*Elsa Skolinstad as Inger
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Patty Shepard
Patricia Moran Shepard (October 1, 1945 – January 3, 2013) was an American film actress based in Madrid, Spain. She appeared in more than fifty Spanish, Italian and French films from the 1960s to the 1980s, notably several cult horror films.
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as Pilar
Release
The film was distributed on DVD in America by
Troma Entertainment
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces low-budget independent films, primarily of the horror comedy genre. Many of them pl ...
.
See also
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List of American films of 1967
External links
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1967 films
1967 comedy films
Spanish independent films
Troma Entertainment films
American independent films
American comedy films
Films directed by Richard Rush
Films produced by Sidney W. Pink
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
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