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Irish and Proud of It (1936)

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Film details

Featuring

Richard Hayward Dinah Sheridan Gwen Gill
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1936
Genres

Crime Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

An Irish-born businessman based in London is kidnapped by colleagues as a joke and flown back to the small village of his birth. There he finds that American gangsters are forcing the local publicans to buy illegally-produced raw spirit with which to adulterate branded products.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Donogh O'Connor
    
    Richard Hayward
  - Moira Flaherty
    
    Dinah Sheridan
  - Mary Johnson
    
    Gwen Gill
  - Mike Finnegan
    
    George Pembroke
  - Sean Deasy
    
    Liam Gaffney
  - Benito Colombo
    
    Herbert Thorpe
  - old Flaherty
    
    Jimmy Mageean
  - O'Hara
    
    Jack Clifford
  - Maloney, the publican
    
    Shaun Desmond
  - McCartney
    
    J. Miles Marwyn
  - George
    
    Wolf Curran
  - police sergeant
    
    Charles Fagan
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Donovan Pedelty
  - A Crusade Film
    
    Crusade Films
  - Production Company
    
    Paramount British Productions
  - Produced by
    
    Donovan Pedelty
  - Associate Producer
    
    Greene, V.M.
  - Production Management
    
    Billy Phelps
  - Assistant Direction
    
    Jack Gilling
  - Scenario
    
    Donovan Pedelty
  - Adaptation
    
    David Evans
  - From a Story by
    
    Dorothea Donn-Byrne
  - Photography
    
    Burger, Jim
  - Editing
    
    Nieter, Hans
  - Art Direction
    
    Hemsley, W.
  - Musical Direction
    
    Colin Wark
  - Sound Recording
    
    D.A. Wright
  - Sound Recording
    
    John Cox
  - Sound System
    
    Visatone Sound Recording System
  - Produced at the
    
    Wembley Studios

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