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Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Writers:
Frank Orsatti (story)
Earl Baldwin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 August 1935 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
The family consists of Pat, the cop, Mike the fireman, Danny the boxing promoter and Ma. Pat wants Danny to get a real job... more | add synopsis
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Irish blarney in a NYC household...breezy comedy... more (7 total)

Cast

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James Cagney ... Danny O'Hara
Pat O'Brien ... Pat O'Hara

Olivia de Havilland ... Lucille Jackson
Frank McHugh ... Mike O'Hara
Allen Jenkins ... Carbarn Hammerschlog
Mary Gordon ... Ma O'Hara
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Captain Jackson
Thomas E. Jackson ... Doc Mullins (as Thomas Jackson)
Harvey Parry ... Joe Delancy (as Harvey Perry)
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Runtime:
84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #1049) | USA:TV-G
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Irish blarney in a NYC household...breezy comedy..., 2 June 2003
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

I usually enjoyed the old WB comedies for their great supporting casts, but although THE IRISH IN US is nicely paced with a good cast, there is too much of Frank McHugh for my taste. McHugh is given lots of low comedy scenes that he plays for laughs but makes the comedy seem much too forced at times. Much more bearable is Allen Jenkins as a punch-drunk fighter who goes crazy every time he hears a bell ringing.

As for the star trio, Cagney, de Havilland and O'Brien, they've all done better work in other Warner programmers. Here they are stuck with rather routine assignments which they carry off with customary charm and skill. De Havilland is considerably toned down from her first role in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and shows that she caught on quickly to the more restrained acting technique required by the screen.

Mary Gordon does a nice job as the warm-hearted Irish mother of Jimmy and Pat, anxious to have her sons on good behavior when Pat's girlfriend, Olivia, pays a visit. She and de Havilland have a warm element in their performances that helps the comedy glow.

All in all, an entertaining, if routine Warner comedy with the usual stock players doing their best.





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