First published at 21:33 UTC on March 17th, 2024.
Runtime: 1h 33min
Freethinker Media says: The a great movie I loved as kid and still as a grown up - its timeless family movie and enjoyable with a young and late singing Sir Sean Connery (007 fame)
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Just-fired Darby O'Gi…
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Runtime: 1h 33min
Freethinker Media says: The a great movie I loved as kid and still as a grown up - its timeless family movie and enjoyable with a young and late singing Sir Sean Connery (007 fame)
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Just-fired Darby O'Gill (Albert Sharpe) does not want to tell his daughter, Katie (Janet Munro), that his position has been taken by a dashing younger man (Sean Connery).
Then, on his way home, Darby slips through a portal to the land of the little people.
There he meets the leprechaun king, Brian (Jimmy O'Dea), and winds up accidentally bringing the little monarch home with him.
Darby then demands Brian grant him three wishes, but the request brings Darby bittersweet, and unexpected, results.
Cast: Albert Sharpe - Janet Munro - Sean Connery
See production info at IMDbPro
Release date: 24th June, 1959 (Dublin - Ireland)
Director: Robert Stevenson
Music by: Oliver Wallace
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Based on: Darby O'Gill; by H. T. Kavanagh
Box office: Original release: $2.6 million (est. US/ Canada rentals); 1969 re-release: $2.3 million (US/ Canada rentals)
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