Rotten
Three-quarters of the film is just photographed stage play -- excellently photographed, but slow in action.
Variety Staff, Variety
Juno and the Paycock
The "Over-The-Hill" of the Talkies.
1930 · 1h 34m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Overview
In the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses after news of an unexpected inheritance lures them into a false sense of prosperity. Captain Boyle, a boastful idler, squanders their meager resources, while his wife Juno holds the household together. When the fortune proves illusory, the family faces ruin, betrayal, and tragedy.
Director and cast
- Alfred Hitchcock Director
- Barry Fitzgerald as The Orator
- Maire O'Neill as Maisie Madigan
- Edward Chapman as Captain Boyle
- Sara Allgood as Mrs Boyle, "Juno"
- John Laurie as Johnny Boyle
- Kathleen O'Regan as Mary Boyle
- Sidney Morgan as 'Joxer' Daly
- Dave Morris as Jerry Devine
- John Longden as Charles Bentham
- Dennis Wyndham as The Mobiliser
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
30%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A fairly deadly case of canned theater that's pretty close to what Hitchcock many years later would refer to as 'photographs of people talking.'
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
By its failure to blend the two poles of drama the film resolves itself into virtually two plays.
New York Times
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