Darby O'Gill And The Little People
The film tells the story of Darby O'Gill, a wily old codger, who matches wits with the king of the leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and a dashing younger man who has replaced him as caretaker.
18 May 1896, Keyhan, Derby, England, UK
July 31, 1892 in Sydney, Australia
8 October 1907, Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK
11 September 1927, Dublin, Ireland
25 August 1930, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
1 March 1891, Galway, Ireland
5 October 1924, Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
5 June 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 September 1934, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
24 January 1883, Lee, Kent, England, UK
18 October 1879, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 March 1871, Sacramento, California, USA
September 25, 2004
It's a delightful movie filled with delightful characters, delightful scenery, and delightful special effects.
March 10, 2008
The film presents a series of utterly charming moments, some magical and some down-to-earth but, considering the setting, equally utopian.
April 30, 2007
One of the rare few family movies that should enchant both children and grown-ups.
February 11, 2006
For those of a sentimental turn, there is the delight of watching young Connery romancing the ineffably wholesome Janet Munro, a couple of years before things turned nasty for Commander Bond at Crab Key with the somewhat more knowing Ursula Andress.
March 14, 2007
I have to admit that by the second or third time I saw leprechauns depicted as magical by speeding up the film, I was hoping for someone to show up with a gun.
June 21, 2007
...ultimately an entertaining (if all-too-slight) piece of work.
July 30, 2003
This excellent fantasy romps through the folklore world of Ireland.
March 25, 2006
[An] overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall stories, fantasy and romance.
