Home Is the Hero
Cast & Crew
Fielder Cook
Arthur Kennedy
Walter Macken
Harry Brogan
Eileen Crowe
Joan O'hara
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Synopsis
Paddo O'Reilly, a brutish, heavy-drinking Irishman of limited intelligence, is the delight of his cronies in the local pub but the despair of his family; his grown son, Willie, is crippled from the time, years ago, when Paddo drunkenly tossed him into the air and failed to catch him. One day, in an alcoholic rage, Paddo accidentally kills Mr. Green, the father of Willie's sweetheart, Maura. Paddo is given a 5-year prison sentence, and Willie assumes the position of head of the family by opening a shoe-repair business. Paddo's wife, Daylia, turns to drink, and his daughter, Josie, shamed by the family disgrace, takes up with a flashy local gambler. Upon his release from jail, Paddo defiantly tries to resume his paternal authority; he threatens to force Josie into giving up her boyfriend and tries to break up Willie's marriage to Maura. Only when he almost kills his old friend, Dovetail, is Paddo finally brought to his senses.
Director
Fielder Cook
Cast
Arthur Kennedy
Walter Macken
Harry Brogan
Eileen Crowe
Joan O'hara
Maire O'donnell
Marie Kean
Philip O'flynn
Pat Layde
Eddie Golden
John Hoey
Michael Hennessey
Michael O'briain
Derry Power
Dermot Kelly
T. P. Mckenna
Eoin O'brien
Geoffrey Golden
Crew
Robert S. Baker
Monty Berman
Jill Carpenter
Emmet Dalton
John Ferris
Allan Harris
Geoffrey Helman
Henry Keating
Nathan Keats
Ronald Liles
Philip Martell
Wally Milner
Bruce Montgomery
Stanley Pavey
Mabel Ross
Liam Saurin
Ron Taylor
Eve Willson
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Filmed on location in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. Released in Dublin in March 1959; running time: 80 min.
