The Playboy of the Western World

Name: The Playboy of the Western World
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1962-04-25
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Siobhan McKenna, Gary Raymond, Elspeth March

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Comedy

A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, fall under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day, captivating everyone when he claims h... Read allA quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, fall under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day, captivating everyone when he claims he murdered his father.A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, fall under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day, captivating everyone when he claims he murdered his father.

Director
- Brian Desmond Hurst
Writers
- Brian Desmond Hurst
- John Millington Synge
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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

127

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Gary Raymond in The Playboy of the Western World (1962)

Siobhan McKenna and Gary Raymond in The Playboy of the Western World (1962)

Elspeth March and Gary Raymond in The Playboy of the Western World (1962)

Niall MacGinnis, Elspeth March, and Gary Raymond in The Playboy of the Western World (1962)

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Trivia
The last film to be directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, this was never given a general release in Great Britain.

Quotes
Pegeen Mike: [doubting Christy's story of parricide] A soft lad the like of you wouldn't slit the windpipe of a screeching sow!

Connections
Version of Playboy of the Western World (1946)

Soundtracks
The Rogue
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Sung by Liam Redmond (Michael James) as he returns from the wake

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1/10

Filmed stage play

I have to say that one of my pet hates is films which are based on stage plays but which no concession to the fact that it is a film which is supposed to be shown in cinemas. Though in this case it was not shown in cinemas. Either the exhibitors or the distributors British Lion Columbia showed little faith in its commercial possibilities.

I love in the United Kingdom so should be able to understand the dialogue. Thoigh to me it was almost pure gibberish. I couldn't understand the majority of the dialogue,so I was stumped from the very beginning.

I can only assume that this achieved a release on DVD due to the name of director Brian Desmond Hurst.

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