The Luck of the Irish is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Henry Koster, and starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter. The film was based on the 1948 novel There Was a Little Man by Guy Pearce Jones and Constance Bridges Jones. Plot Stephen Fitzgerald, a newspaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and beautiful young Nora, while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiancée Frances, and her wealthy father David C. Augur in the midst of a political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in the big city as well. Stephen is torn between the wealth he might enjoy in New York or returning to his roots in Ireland. Cast Awards and nominations Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Cecil Kellaway Radio adaptation The Luck of the Irish was presented on Lux Radio Theatre on CBS December 27, 1948. The adaptation starred Dana Andrews, Baxter, Kellaway, and Stanley Holloway. References External links 1948 films 1940s fantasy comedy films American fantasy comedy films Leprechaun films Films about Irish-American culture Films directed by Henry Koster Films with screenplays by Philip Dunne Films scored by Cyril J. Mockridge Films set in Ireland Films set in New York City 20th Century Fox films 1948 comedy films Films based on American novels 1940s American films 1940s English-language films