Captain Lightfoot
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| Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
| Produced by | Ross Hunter |
| Written by | W.R. Burnett |
| Starring |
Rock Hudson Barbara Rush Jeff Morrow |
| Music by |
Heinz Roemheld Herman Stein |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
| Edited by | Frank Gross |
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Universal Pictures
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.3 million (US) |
Captain Lightfoot is a 1955 American CinemaScope Technicolor adventure film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush and Jeff Morrow. and is a Hollywood adaptation of a book by W. R. Burnett written in 1954.
The movie is set in the early 19th century with the hero and his brother becoming highwaymen, robbing the wealthy around the foothills of Dublin, Ireland. Captain Lightfoot falls in love, and the ensuing drama threatens everyone's safety.
The movie was filmed around Clogherhead, County Louth and in the Powerscourt Estate in Enniskerry, County Wicklow.
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