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Ryan's Daughter ()

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Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
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  • Won 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 22 nominations.
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Charles Shaughnessy
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Father Collins
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Rosy Ryan
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Major Randolph Doryan
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Michael
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Thomas Ryan
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Tim O'Leary
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Mrs. McCardle
Arthur O'Sullivan ...
Mr. McCardle
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Moureen
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Driver
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Captain
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Corporal
Des Keogh ...
Lanky Private
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O'Keefe
Philip O'Flynn ...
Paddy
Donal Neligan ...
Moureen's Boyfriend
Brian O'Higgins ...
Constable O'Connor
Niall O'Brien ...
Bernard
Owen Sullivan ...
Joseph
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emmet Bergin ...
Sean (uncredited)
May Cluskey ...
Storekeeper (uncredited)
Annie D'Alton ...
Old woman (uncredited)
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Major Doryan (uncredited) (voice)
Pat Layde ...
Policeman (uncredited)
Ed O'Callaghan ...
Bernard (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Lean

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Robert Bolt ... (original screenplay by)

Produced by

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Anthony Havelock-Allan ... producer (produced by)
Roy Stevens ... associate producer

Music by

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Maurice Jarre

Cinematography by

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Freddie Young ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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Norman Savage

Editorial Department

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Tony Lawson ... assistant editor

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Stephen B. Grimes ... (as Stephen Grimes)

Art Direction by

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Roy Walker

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Josie MacAvin

Costume Design by

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Jocelyn Rickards

Makeup Department

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Charles E. Parker ... makeup artist (as Charles Parker)
A.G. Scott ... hair stylist
Eric Allwright ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Colin Arthur ... assistant make-up (uncredited)
Linda DeVetta ... make-up (uncredited)

Production Management

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Douglas Twiddy ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Charles Frend ... second unit director
Roy Stevens ... second unit director: storm
Michael Stevenson ... assistant director
Pedro Vidal ... assistant director
Jonathan Burrows ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Joe Marks ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Jonathan Mills ... third assistant director (uncredited)
David Tringham ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Peter Dukelow ... constructor
Eddie Fowlie ... property master
Derek Irvine ... assistant art director
Brian Doyle ... plasterer (uncredited)
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)
Mickey O'Toole ... stand-by props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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John Bramall ... sound recordist
Bill Cook ... boom operator
Ernie Grimsdale ... sound editor
Gordon K. McCallum ... sound mixer
Winston Ryder ... sound editor
John Hayward ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Michael Hickey ... sound (uncredited)
Brian Sinclair ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Malcolm Stewart ... sound effects (uncredited)

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R.A. MacDonald ... special effects (as Robert MacDonald)
Brian Warner ... special effects
Gerry Johnston ... special effects assistant (uncredited) / special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Vic Armstrong ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper ... stunts (uncredited)
Bronco McLoughlin ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Denys N. Coop ... camera operator: second unit (as Denys Coop)
Ernest Day ... camera operator
Robert Huke ... camera operator: second unit (as Bob Huke)
Bob Martin ... still photographer
Bernie Prentice ... chief electrician
Roy Rodhouse ... chief electrician
Bob Bremner ... electrician (uncredited)
Doug Byers ... electrician (uncredited)
David Cadwallader ... grip (uncredited)
Trevor Coop ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Jim Dawes ... grip (uncredited)
Chris Holden ... focus puller (uncredited)
Douglas Kirkland ... still photographer (uncredited)
Douglas Milsome ... focus puller (uncredited)
Kelvin Pike ... camera operator (uncredited)
Robert Willoughby ... special still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Evangeline Harrison ... assistant costume designer (uncredited)

Location Management

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Eddie Fowlie ... location manager
Al Burgess ... location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Maurice Jarre ... conductor
Skaila Kanga ... musician: harp
Eric Tomlinson ... music recordist

Script and Continuity Department

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Phyllis Crocker ... continuity

Additional Crew

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William O'Kelly ... production liaison
Ron Bareham ... assistant accountant (uncredited)
Julian Holloway ... voice dubbing: Christopher Jones (uncredited)
John Trehy ... production accountant (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

World War I seems far away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula when Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy (Sarah Miles) goes horseback riding on the beach with the young English officer. There was a magnetic attraction between them the day he was the only customer in her father's pub and Rosy was tending bar for the first time since her marriage to the village schoolmaster. Then one stormy night some Irish revolutionaries expecting a shipment of guns arrive at Ryan's pub. Is it Rosy who betrays them to the British? Will Shaugnessy take Father Collin's advice? Is the pivotal role that of the village idiot who is mute? Written by Dale O'Connor

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Taglines A story of love...set against the violence of rebellion See more »
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Also Known As
  • La hija de Ryan (United States, Spanish title)
  • Michael's Day (United Kingdom)
  • La Fille d'Irlande (France)
  • La Fille de Ryan (France)
  • Ryans Tochter (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 200 min
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Budget $15,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia While filming in Ireland, they ran out of sunshine, so they shot quite a few of the beach scenes at Noordhoek Beach, located a few miles from Cape Town in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Those scenes are easy to identify because the sky is particularly bright and clear, and the beach sand exceptionally white and fine. See more »
Goofs The British army camp outside of the village has several Quonset or possibly Nissan huts. Neither style of hut was developed until early in WW2, about 1941 - 25 years after the setting for this movie. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). See more »
Soundtracks Mary of the Curling Hair See more »
Quotes Father Collins: Don't nurse your dreams, Rosy. You can't help having them, but don't nurse them. Because if you nurse your dreams, they tend to come true.
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