Eyes of Fate

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Eyes of Fate
Directed by Ivar Campbell
Written byHolloway Horn
Produced by Norman Loudon
Starring Allan Jeayes
Valerie Hobson
Terence De Marney
Music by Colin Wark
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • December 1933 (1933-12)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Eyes of Fate is a 1933 British sports fantasy film directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Allan Jeayes, Valerie Hobson and Terence De Marney. It is a quota quickie, made at Shepperton Studios. [1] It is also known by the alternative title of All the Winners.

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A bookmaker seems to have struck it lucky when he comes across a newspaper containing the next day's horse racing results, but the paper also contains some more unsettling news.

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References

  1. Wood p.77

Bibliography

Eyes of Fate at IMDb