Fresh
[An] overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall stories, fantasy and romance.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
A touch O'Blarney... a heap O'Magic and A LOAD O'LAUGHTER!
1959 · 1h 31m · G
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Robert Stevenson
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Robert Stevenson Director
- Sean Connery as Michael McBride
- Albert Sharpe as Darby O'Gill
- Janet Munro as Katie O'Gill
- Jimmy O'Dea as King Brian
- Kieron Moore as Pony Sugrue
- Estelle Winwood as Sheelah Sugrue
- Walter Fitzgerald as Lord Fitzpatrick
- Denis O'Dea as Father Murphy
- J.G. Devlin as Tom Kerrigan
- Jack MacGowran Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
For those of a sentimental turn, there is the delight of watching young Connery romancing the ineffably wholesome Janet Munro, a couple of years before things turned nasty for Commander Bond at Crab Key with the somewhat more knowing Ursula Andress.
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