The Playboy of the Western World (film)
| The Playboy of the Western World | |
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Original film poster
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| Directed by | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| Produced by | Denis O’Dell Brendan Smith |
| Written by |
John Millington Synge (play) Brian Desmond Hurst (screenplay) Roland Kibbee (screenplay) |
| Starring |
Gary Raymond Siobhán McKenna |
| Music by | Seán Ó Riada |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Distributed by | Janus Films |
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Release date
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1962 |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
The Playboy of the Western World is a 1962 film version of the 1907 play written by John Millington Synge. It was directed and co-written by Brian Desmond Hurst and stars Gary Raymond and Siobhán McKenna. Filmed in County Kerry, the film features many of the Abbey Players. The film was produced by the Four Provinces company created in 1952 by Hurst and Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin who had previously produced John Ford’s The Rising of the Moon and Gideon's Day.
A young man from a far away village appears in County Mayo announcing to all and sundry that he has murdered his father with a blow to the head. With the tale growing in the telling, the young man becomes a local hero…until his angry father comes to fetch him home.
Gary Raymond ... Christy Mahon
Siobhán McKenna … Pegeen Mike
Elspeth March … The Widow Quinn
Liam Redmond … Michael James
Niall MacGinnis … Old Man Mahon
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