"Darby O Gill and the Little People" is about a wily old codger who matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as the estate caretaker in the fictional town of Rathcullen, Co. Kerry.
Based on the books of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh, the movie was released one year after the copyrights expired on her stories. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and its screenplay written by Lawrence Edward Watkin. It was shot entirely on-set in California and Michael O'Herlihy (its dialogue director and technical adviser) called the film "a cartoon with live people".
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The movie poster for Darby O'Gill and The Little People
CAST:
Albert Sharpe as Darby O'Gill | Jimmy O'Dea as King Brian | Janet Munro as Katie O'Gill | Sean Connery as Michael McBride
Kieron Moore as Pony Sugrue | Estelle Winwood as Sheila Sugrue | Walter Fitzgerald as Lord Fitzpatrick | Denis O'Dea as Father Murphy | Jack MacGowran as Padraig Og
Albert Sharpe
Janet Munro
Sean Connery
Kieron Moore
Estelle Winwood
Jack MacGowran
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