This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking champagne bottles to christen ships, plus the role of superstitions in the Flying Dutchman tale.
John Nesbitt
Narrator
Ernie Alexander
Man Walking Under Ladder
Barbara Bedford
Wife
Margaret Bert
Diner Who Throws Salt
Jack Gardner
Man in Friday the 13th Sequence
Edmund Mortimer
Ship Owner (archive footage)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Dice Player
Emmett Vogan
Husband Who Opens Umbrella
The Starr Sisters
Novena
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Night and Fog
36 Ways To Say Good Morning
Being James Bond
Sans Soleil
Alien Xmas
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
Under the Sea: A Descendants Story
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
La luna
Without Legends
101
Chiefs
Piss Off X
The Radiator Springs 500½
Wynken, Blynken & Nod
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas