Movie
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Overview
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Details
- Release date
- 1959-06-24
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Walt Disney Productions
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Albert Sharpe as Darby O'Gill
- Janet Munro as Katie O'Gill
- Sean Connery as Michael MacBride
- Jimmy O'Dea as King Brian
- Kieron Moore as Pony Sugrue
- Estelle Winwood as Sheelah Sugrue
- Walter Fitzgerald as Lord Fitzpatrick
- Denis O'Dea as Father Murphy
- J.G. Devlin as Tom Kerrigan
- Jack MacGowran as Phadrig Oge
- Farrell Pelly as Paddy Scanlon
- Nora O'Mahoney as Molly Malloy
Crew
- Robert Stevenson - Director
- Lawrence Edward Watkin - Writer
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