The Rising of the Moon
The Rising of the Moon is a 1957 Irish anthology film directed by John Ford. It consists of three episodes all set in Ireland:
Plot
Police Inspector Dillon (Cyril Cusack) reluctantly sets out walking through the countryside to see an old friend, Dan O'Flaherty (Noel Purcell). Along the way, he encounters Mickey J. (Jack MacGowran), a poitín maker (bootlegger) who is not Dillon's target, but accompanies Dillon to O'Flaherty's stone cottage where Dillon serves O'Flaherty a warrant for striking Phelim O'Feeney. While they are all congenially drinking and socializing inside O'Flaherty's cottage, O'Flaherty refuses to pay the fine, as he feels he has done nothing wrong, nor will he allow O'Feeney to pay it for him. Instead, he heads off to prison.
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| author | T. E. B. Clarke |
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| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Ireland |
| director | John Ford |
| editor | Michael Gordon |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | black and tan war bounty chant claim county kerry denis o\'dea donal donnelly drink even first class godfrey quigley grieve high heels irish war of independence maureen potter michael trubshawe nothing old friend phone call poitín police inspector police sergeant power outage serve sing strike the rising of the moon wait walk young couple young woman |
| musicBy | Éamonn Ó Gallchobhair |
| producer | Michael Killanin |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | anthology transport |