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Director:
John Ford
Writers:
Lady Augusta Gregory (story)
Michael J. McHugh (story)
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Release Date:
10 August 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the... more | add synopsis
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Only For the Hardcore Fordians more

Cast

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Tyrone Power ... Introduced by
Maureen Connell ... May Ann McMahon
May Craig
Eileen Crowe ... Police Sergeant's Wife
Cyril Cusack ... Inspector Dillon
Maureen Cusack
Maureen Delaney
Donal Donnelly ... Prisoner
Paul Farrell
Harold Goldblatt
Frank Lawton ... British officer
Edward Lexy ... Quartermaster Sergeant
Jack MacGowran ... Mickey J. - the poitín maker
Doreen Madden
Denis O'Dea ... Police Sergeant
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Additional Details

Runtime:
81 min
Country:
Ireland | USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S
Company:
Four Provinces more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Featured in The Abbey Theatre: The First 100 Years (2004) more

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5 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Only For the Hardcore Fordians, 22 October 2003
Author: Kalaman from Ottawa

"The Rising of the Moon" is a very obscure Ford movie, the kind of picture Ford would say merely "a job of work". In other words, it is not to be taken seriously. I watched it the other night, wondering to find out why it is so overlooked among Ford's pictures. It is basically a disjointed, yet reflective poem on Ireland in a by-gone era that works if you are a hardcore Ford fanatic. It is based on three vignettes that are introduced by Tyrone Power. They are called "A minutes Wait", "The Majesty of the Law", and "Rising of the Moon" also known as "1921". It is not a great movie and certainly nowhere near the kind of movie it often evokes, the beautiful "The Quiet Man", but there are some nice and enjoyable moments, particularly in the vignette about the train that makes a stop for two hours instead of one minute.

This is only the hardcore Ford fans.

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