CinemaOSMovie · 1959 · 1h 20m

Home Is the Hero

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This well-acted drama about an Irishman just released from jail is filled with rich characterization. The story is adapted from a stage play by Walter Macken who also plays the role of the ex-convict Paddo in this screen version. Direction is by J. Fielder Cook. Once Paddo returns home after being sentenced to five years for killing a man, his old friends try to put him back in their niche of local hero but Paddo will have none of it. He is disillusioned and changed. His son Willie (Arthur Kennedy) walks with a limp that keeps him too self-conscious to assert himself as he would like with the young woman of his dreams. While other people come in and out of Paddo's life, from his taciturn friend the trapper to the local tinker, it is Paddo's son Willie suffering from his own disability who makes the difference in his father's life.

Directed byFielder Cook

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
EN
Released
March 3, 1959
Studios
Emmett Dalton Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring

Walter Macken

Paddo O'Reilly

Eileen Crowe

Eileen Crowe

Daylia O'Reilly

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Willie O'Reilly

Joan O'Hara

Josie O'Reilly

Creative team
Directed by
Fielder Cook
Fielder Cook
Written by
Philip Howard
Henry Keating

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