Synopsis
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
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Cast
- Albert SharpeDarby O'Gill
- Janet MunroKatie O'Gill
- Sean ConneryMichael MacBride
- Jimmy O'DeaKing Brian
- Kieron MoorePony Sugrue
- Estelle WinwoodSheelah Sugrue
- Walter FitzgeraldLord Fitzpatrick
- Denis O'DeaFather Murphy
- J.G. DevlinTom Kerrigan
- Jack MacGowranPhadrig Oge
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
This wonderful tale is told with a brisk, imaginative pace and the special effects--whereby Darby interacts with the tiny leprechauns--are marvelously executed, and sometimes frightening. - 100
Chicago Sun-Times
The wonder of the experience is helped by the corny evocation of the whole misty Irish countryside, in which the blarney and the blather seem believable. [08 Aug 1993, p.5] - 80
The New York Times
Overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall stories, fantasy and romance. - 80
Variety
People of all sizes will get a bang out of Darby O'Gill And The Little People. [29 Apr 1959, p.6] - 70
The Telegraph
This Ireland-set fantasy adventure, starring Albert Sharpe and Janet Munro as a father and daughter vying with a local clan of leprechauns is benign and deeply genial stuff. [25 Mar 2020] - 60
Time Out
It registers as a pretty hokey entertainment. But Peter Ellenshaw and Eustace Wallace's effects are put together with the studio's customary care.
