The Playboy of the Western World
A man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter of the landlord falling for this "dashing hero". Things take an even more surprising turn, when the father enters the pub. Based on John Millington Synge's play The Playboy of the Western World.
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Cast
John Hurt
Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
Sinéad Cusack
Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike)
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Pauline Delaney
Widow Quin
Joe Lynch
Michael James
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Kevin Flood
Old Mahon
Donal McCann
Shawn Keogh
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James Caffrey
Jimmy Farrell
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John Molloy
Philly Cullen
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Mary Larkin
Sara Tansey
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Eileen Murphy
Susan Brady