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.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• John Nesbitt
• Ernie Alexander
• Barbara Bedford
• Margaret Bert
• Jack Gardner
• Edmund Mortimer
• Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
• Emmett Vogan