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Film details
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Featuring
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Country
USA
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Year
1952
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Genres
Comedy Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Synopsis
Comedy drama. Jaded ex-prize-fighter Sean Thornton returns from America to Ireland, to lead a quiet life in the village of Inisfree, where he lived as a small boy. He aims to buy the very cottage where he was born, but the widow who owns it is reluctant to sell it. He falls for a local feisty shepherdess, Mary Kate, but her hot-headed older brother Will, who has taken a disliking to Thorton because he too wants to buy the cottage, is very reluctant to see his sister and her dowry go. Thorton tries to overcome the obstacles using a mixture of his wiles, respect for local customs and the help of villagers like the crafty matchmaker, Michaeleen, the priest, Fr Lonergan and the Church of Ireland vicar Mr Playfair.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Sean Thornton, 'Trooper Thornton'
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Mary Kate Danaher
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Michaeleen Flynn
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Father Lonergan
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'Red' Will Danaher
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Mrs Tillane
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Tobin
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Mrs Playfair
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the woman at the station
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Reverend Playfair
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Forbes
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Father Paul
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Owen Glynn
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Ignatius Feeney
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train guard
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train driver
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train stoker
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station porter
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Director
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©
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a Republic production
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John Ford/Merian C. Cooper's Argosy prod
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Producer
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Producer
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Assistant Director
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Screenplay
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Original story
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Director of Photography
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2nd Unit Photographer
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Technicolor Color Consultant
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Editor
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Art Director
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Set Decorator
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Set Decorator
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Costumes
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Music
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Sound
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Sound
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