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Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers:
Sean O'Casey (play)
Alfred Hitchcock (adaptation)
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Genre:
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Plot:
During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life forgetting what the most important values are. full summary | add synopsis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Shame of Mary Boyle (USA)
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Runtime:
85 min | UK:96 min (DVD version)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Certification:
UK:A (1929) | UK:PG (2004) | Finland:S (1995) | Australia:PG

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Trivia:
Debut of Barry Fitzgerald. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
The Orator: Fellow countrymen, continuously and courageously we have fought and struggled for the national salvation of Ireland!
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FAQ

Why are the picture and sound so bad?
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14 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
Don't fall for the video box (like poor gridoon)!, 18 May 2001
Author: The Quiet Man

Yes, it's "talky." Possibly because it's a film version of Sean O'Casey's seminal stage play about poverty, class, betrayal and death in the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War." Dull?" This film is taut enough that a common votive light becomes as frightening as the appearance of a ghost. And a doomed young man's descent into paranoia and babbling fear fairly bursts on the screen.

The discerning viewer will not only be rewarded with a moving story; the Hitchcock touches are there as well. A young director already finding his voice while handling serious material. The dark humor (The Trouble with Harry), the suspense that builds in silence (Lifeboat), and the immediate presence of the camera in the midst of life (Rope). All there.

Studios often resort to misleading packaging in attempts to lure the unsuspecting into renting/seeing/buying a movie that would otherwise not attract them. Those who only like their Hitchcock with a boy in mama's dress or a bird on a wire WILL hate this gem. Their loss.

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