A semi-fantasy with sociological overtones, this film stars Tyrone Power as an American journalist visiting the home of his ancestors in Ireland. Power encounters a jolly old man who claims to be a leprechaun — and proves it to the journalist’s satisfaction., Whimsy about a leprechaun changing the course of a newspaperman’s life. Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter. Horace: Cecil Kellaway. Augur: Lee J. Cobb. Frances: Jayne Meadows. Taedy: J.M. Kerrigan. Clark: James Todd. Directed by Henry Koster., an American journalist named Stephen Fitzgerald visits the home of his ancestors in Ireland. Power encounters a jolly old man who claims to be a leprechaun.