The Hidden Master

Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.

Cast

John Nesbitt

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Peter Cushing

as Robert Clive of India

Dorothy Granger

as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt

as Harry Jones (uncredited)

Richard Nichols

as Harry Jones' Son (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Dr. William Roentgen (uncredited)

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