Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 American fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions, adapted from the Darby O'Gill stories of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh. Directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, the film stars Albert Sharpe as O'Gill alongside Janet Munro, Sean Connery, and Jimmy O'Dea.
Plot
Darby O'Gill and his daughter, Katie, live in Rathcullen, a small Irish town, where Darby is the caretaker for Lord Fitzpatrick's estate. Darby continually tries to catch a tribe of leprechauns, particularly their king, Brian Connors.
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| author | Lawrence Edward Watkin |
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| director | Robert Stevenson |
| editor | Stanley E. Johnson |
| genre | action adventure animation fantasy |
| keywords | banshee capture death coach drinking game dublin dullahan expect irish learn leprechaun new job open poitín púca republic of ireland stradivarius the king three wishes town bully trap |
| musicBy | Oliver Wallace |
| producer | Bill Anderson Walt Disney |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| theme | children's children's adventure romantic fantasy |