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The Playboy of the Western World

19740.0 / 10101 min
TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

John Hurt

John Hurt

Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)

Sinéad Cusack

Sinéad Cusack

Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike)

Crew

Alan Gibson

Alan Gibson

Director

John Millington Synge

John Millington Synge

Writer