The Rising of the Moon (1957)

Director:

John Ford

Writers:

Lady Augusta Gregory (story)
Michael J. McHugh (story)

Release Date:

10 August 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the...

Plot Keywords:

Episodic | Ireland

Cast

Tyrone Power	...	Introduced by
Maureen Connell	...	May Ann McMahon
May Craig
Eileen Crowe	...	Police Sergeant's Wife
Cyril Cusack	...	Inspector Dillon
Maureen Cusack
Maureen Delaney
Donal Donnelly	...	Prisoner
Paul Farrell
Harold Goldblatt
Frank Lawton	...	British officer
Edward Lexy	...	Quartermaster Sergeant
Jack MacGowran	...	Mickey J. - the poitín maker
Doreen Madden
Denis O'Dea	...	Police Sergeant

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

Ireland | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Four Provinces

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Abbey Theatre: The First 100 Years (2004)

The Rising of the Moon

This trio of short stories, narrated by Tyrone Power, and directed by John Ford, is a delight to the eye and ear of the lovers of the Irish theater and story telling style. Each of the three stories is varied in its style and content. The title story, "The Rising of the Moon," is a patriotic drama taken from Lady Augusta Gregory's 1907 play of the same name. It accounts for a time in Irish history prior to independence from Britain. The small monologues between the hard-working Irish Catholic policeman (played by Ward Bond, if memory serves,) and his loyal wife are wonderful. "The Magesty of the Law" plays to the typical Irish satirical humor and warmth of spirit and "A Mintutes' Wait" is just wonderful, raucous Irish humor at its best. Each story is replete with Irish and Irish-American film and theater stars of that period who so often populate John Ford's films. Many are supreme character actors we know we have seen somewhere before... Truly a film style and an era long gone. Thank you, John Ford.