Home Is the Hero
Encyclopedia
Home Is the Hero is a 1959
Irish drama film
directed by Fielder Cook
. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival
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1959 in film
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....
Irish drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Fielder Cook
Fielder Cook
Fielder Cook was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons....
. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival
9th Berlin International Film Festival
The 9th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1959.-Jury:* Robert Aldrich * Johan Jacobsen* Charles Ford* John Bryan* Ignazio Tranquilli* Shigueo Miyata* Wali Eddine Sameh* O. E...
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Cast
- Walter MackenWalter MackenWalter Macken , was born in Galway, Ireland. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M.J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero...
- Paddo O'Reilly - Eileen Crowe - Daylia O'Reilly
- Arthur KennedyArthur Kennedy (actor)Arthur Kennedy was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage" especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway.- Early life and education :Kennedy was born John...
- Willie O'Reilly - Joan O'HaraJoan O'HaraJoan O'Hara was an Irish stage, film and television actress. She was a member of the renowned Abbey Players and performed in many plays in the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, including those by Seán O'Casey, Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats...
- Josie O'Reilly - Maire O'Donnell - Maura Green
- Harry BroganHarry Brogan-Selected filmography:* Sally's Irish Rogue * This Other Eden * Broth of a Boy * Home Is the Hero * Shake Hands with the Devil * A Terrible Beauty * Lies My Father Told Me...
- Dovetail - Maire Keane - Bid
- Philip O'Flynn - Trapper
- Pat Layde - Mr. Green
- Eddie Golden - Mr. Shannon
- John Hoey - Finnegan
- Michael C. Hennessy - Manchester Monaghan
- Michael O'Brian - 1st Pub Customer
- Dermot Kelly - 2nd Pub Customer
- Geoffrey Golden - O'Conner