The Playboy of the Western World (1974)

Genre : TV Movie

Runtime : 1H 41M

Director : Alan Gibson

Synopsis

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.

Actors

John Hurt
John Hurt
Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
Sinéad Cusack
Sinéad Cusack
Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike)

Crews

Alan Gibson
Alan Gibson
Director
John Millington Synge
John Millington Synge
Writer