Finian's Rainbow (1968)

5.9/10 145 min Fantasy Romance Family

Overview

An Irishman and his daughter arrive in the American South with a stolen pot of gold, hoping to make their fortune. Pursued by a leprechaun desperate to recover his treasure, they become entangled in a battle over land, love, and prejudice in Rainbow Valley—where the gold’s magic turns wishes, and lives, upside down.

Cast

Fred Astaire

Finian McLonergan

Petula Clark

Sharon McLonergan

Tommy Steele

'Og' the Leprechaun

Don Francks

Woody Mahoney

Keenan Wynn

Senator Billboard Rawkins

Barbara Hancock

Susan the Silent

Al Freeman Jr.

Howard

Dolph Sweet

Sheriff

Wright King

District Attorney

Brenda Arnau

Sharecropper 'Necessity' (uncredited)

Roy Glenn

Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)

Jester Hairston

Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)

Robert Cleaves

Geologist (uncredited)

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