The Fortunate Fool

{{short description|1933 film}}

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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Fortunate Fool

| image =

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| director = Norman Walker

| producer = Jack Eppel

| writer = Dion Titheradge

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Hugh Wakefield|Joan Wyndham|Jack Raine}}

| music =

| cinematography = Alan Lawson

| editing = David Lean

| studio = Jack Eppel Productions

| distributor = Associated British Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1933}}

| runtime = 73 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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The Fortunate Fool is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Hugh Wakefield, Joan Wyndham and Jack Raine.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113211055/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62005 BFI.org]

It was made at Ealing Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.272 The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Shingleton.