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Four-time Academy Award winner John Ford returns to his Irish roots in this lighthearted gem featuring three short films introduced by Tyrone Power and shot entirely in Ireland. The first, The Majesty of the Law, is the droll tale of a police inspector (Cyril Cusack) trying to serve a warrant on an old man (Noel Purcell) who assaulted his neighbor. A Minute's Wait tells the farcical story of how a train's one-minute depot stop turns into a two-hour delay. The final episode, 1921, stars Dublin's famed Abbey Theatre Players in a drama inspired by Lady Gregory's celebrated one-act play The Rising of the Moon, in which two bogus nuns attempt to save an imprisoned patriot (Donal Donnelly) from hanging. One of the most personal films he ever made, The Rising of the Moon was Ford's attempt to promote filmmaking in Ireland.
Original Release
05/17/1957
US Release
07/09/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tyrone Power | Self - Host / Mickey J. - the poitín maker (1st Episode) |
Noel Purcell | Dan O'Flaherty (1st Episode) / The Old Man |
Cyril Cusack | Inspector Michael Dillon (1st Episode) / The Inspector |
Jack MacGowran | Mickey J. - the poitín maker (1st Episode) |
Jimmy O'Dea | Paddy Morrisey - porter (2nd Episode) |
Tony Quinn | Andrew Rourke - Station Master (2nd Episode) |
Paul Farrell | Jim O'Brien - 2nd Episode |
Kevin Casey | Fireman McTigue - 2nd Episode |
Maureen Potter | Pegeen Mallory - barmaid (2nd Episode) |
May Craig | Mrs. Folsey - 2nd Episode |
Directors
Writers
Frank O'Connor, Michael J. McHugh, Lady Augusta Gregory, Frank S. Nugent
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tyrone Power | Self - Host / Mickey J. - the poitín maker (1st Episode) |
Noel Purcell | Dan O'Flaherty (1st Episode) / The Old Man |
Cyril Cusack | Inspector Michael Dillon (1st Episode) / The Inspector |
Jack MacGowran | Mickey J. - the poitín maker (1st Episode) |
Jimmy O'Dea | Paddy Morrisey - porter (2nd Episode) |
Tony Quinn | Andrew Rourke - Station Master (2nd Episode) |
Paul Farrell | Jim O'Brien - 2nd Episode |
Kevin Casey | Fireman McTigue - 2nd Episode |
Maureen Potter | Pegeen Mallory - barmaid (2nd Episode) |
May Craig | Mrs. Folsey - 2nd Episode |
Michael Trubshawe | Colonel Charles Frobisher (2nd Episode) |
Maureen Connell | May Ann McMahon (2nd Episode) |
Michael O'Duffy | Mahon - The Singer - 2nd Episode |
Denis O'Dea | Police Sergeant Tom O'Hara (3rd Episode) / The Police Sergeant |
Eileen Crowe | Mrs. O'Hara - Police Sergeant's Wife (3rd Episode) |
Frank Lawton | British officer (3rd Episode) |
Donal Donnelly | Prisoner Sean Curran aka Jimmy Walsh |
Maureen Cusack | Sister Therese - 3rd Episode |
Edward Lexy | Quartermaster Sergeant (3rd Episode) |
Maureen Delaney | Old Woman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Killanin | Producer |