Main Cast: John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow, Barry Fitzgerald, June Thorburn, Liam Redmond
Release Year: 1958
Country: UK
Run Time: 88 minutes
Plot
Rooney (John Gregson) is a handsome but unambitious Irish sanitation worker. Rooney's landladies would love to see him married to one of their daughters, or nieces, or whatever, but Rooney ain't buyin'. Barry Fitzgerald plays Rooney's elderly bedridden neighbor, whom the young man befriends, turns to for advice, and tries to shield from the old man's bickering relatives. Stronger on characterization than plot, Rooney was based on a popular novel by Catherine Cookson. The film is at its best when the camera roams around the misty streets of Dublin, and at its worst when it pauses for sentiment. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jack MacGowran - Joe O'Connor; Eddie Byrne - Micky Hart; Philip O'Flynn - Paddy Ryan; Irene Browne - Mrs. Manning French; Maureen Toal - Kathleen O'Flynn; Pauline Delaney - Mrs. Wall; Harold Goldblatt - Police Inspector; Marie Kean - Mrs. O'Flynn; Noel Purcell - Tim Hennessy; Godfrey Quigley - TomReilly
Credit
Jack Maxsted - Art Director, Eleanor Abbey - Costume Designer, George Pollock - Director, Peter Bezencenet - Editor, Philip Green - Composer (Music Score), Muir Mathieson - Musical Direction/Supervision, Tommie Connor - Songwriter, Christopher G. Challis - Cinematographer, George H. Brown - Producer, Patrick Kirwan - Screenwriter, Catherine Cookson - Book Author
