P.J. Brady

19世紀のアイルランド。死んだ父親の仇を討つため、地主の屋敷に乗り込んだ農民の青年ジョセフ。しかしそこで会った美しい娘とともに、自由と夢を求めて遥かなる新天地へ旅立つことに……。アメリカン・ドリームを描き出した迫力のスペクタクル・ロマン。

A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney). The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, especially when she falls in love with one f the "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).