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Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Adventure · Family · Fantasy · 1959

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

Movie details

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

“A touch O'Blarney... a heap O'Magic and A LOAD O'LAUGHTER!”

1959 Adventure · Family · Fantasy 1h 31m

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6.7 / 10

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A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Stevenson

Written by

Lawrence Edward Watkin

Albert Sharpe

Albert Sharpe

Darby O'Gill

Janet Munro

Janet Munro

Katie O'Gill

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Michael MacBride

Jimmy O'Dea

Jimmy O'Dea

King Brian

Kieron Moore

Kieron Moore

Pony Sugrue

Estelle Winwood

Estelle Winwood

Sheelah Sugrue

Walter Fitzgerald

Walter Fitzgerald

Lord Fitzpatrick

Court is in session

Put Darby O'Gill and the Little People on trial.

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.