The Luck of the Irish (1936 film)
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Directed by | Donovan Pedelty |
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Cinematography | James Wilson |
Music by | Hubert Bath |
Production company | Crusade Films |
Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
Release date | 15 September 1936 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Luck of the Irish is a British drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty, and starring Richard Hayward and Kay Walsh. It was based on a novel by Victor Haddick, and written by Victor Haddick and Donovan Pedelty.
It was made as a quota film at Elstree Studios.[1] The production company Crusade Films had a contract to supply films for release by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei.
Plot[]
An Irishman tries to save his ancestral home through the fortunes of a racehorse.
Cast[]
- Richard Hayward as Sam Mulhern
- Nan Cullen as Widow Whistler
- Charles Fagan as Sergeant Doyle
- Meta Grainger as Lady O'Donnel
- Harold Griffin as Simon Reid
- John M. Henderson as Sir Richard O'Donnel
- R. H. MacCandless as Gavin Grogan
- Niall MacGinnis as Derek O'Neill
- Jimmy Mageean as Sir Brian O'Neill
- Charlotte Tedlie as Hortense O'Neill
- Kay Walsh as Eileen O'Donnel
References[]
- ^ Wood, p. 86
Bibliography[]
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1936 films
- British films
- British drama films
- 1936 drama films
- Films directed by Donovan Pedelty
- Quota quickies
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- Films set in Ireland
- Paramount Pictures films
- British black-and-white films
- 1930s British film stubs