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Synopsis: World War I seems far away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula when Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy goes horseback riding on the beach with the young English officer. There was a magnetic attraction between them the day he was the only customer in her father's pub and Rosy was tending bar for the first time since her marriage to the village schoolmaster. Then one stormy night some Irish revolutionaries expecting a shipment of guns arrive at Ryan's pub. Is it Rosy who betrays them to the British? Will Shaugnessy take Father Collin's advice? Is the pivotal role that of the village idiot who is mute?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): David Lean
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
47%
GP
Year:
1970
206 min
882 Views


with not one rifle between three.

Now, if the Germans

had an ounce of sense...

they'd send us guns to

use against the British.

That's treason you're talking.

And friends that are

listening surely to God.

It's foolish, all the same. You'll

blather yourself into jug some day.

Charles, what do they say they'll do

with the lads they've got in prison?

They say they'll hang them, Father.

Good luck to all Irishmen.

Bad luck to the British.

Success to the Germans.

And...

And a very good morning

to you, Corporal.

Two black stouts, please, Mr. Ryan.

And one for yourself?

Well, seeing you're a man

of wealth, Corporal, yes.

- Father?

- No.

- Mr. Shaughnessy? -

Well, I don't mind if I-

No, I'd best be on my way. Term

is starting tomorrow, you know...

It seems the Jerries...

are giving your brave lads out

there a terrible scrimmage, then.

Aye.

You see, Tom, Jerry's

a tougher proposition...

than unarmed Irish children.

So far as I know, Mr. McCardle,

no children were killed.

All right, then. There were.

They get you in this uniform.

You point your gun where

you're told to point it...

and you pull the trigger.

And so does Jerry.

And so would you.

You've seen that place,

Passchendaele, maybe?

No, not Passchendaele.

- You're well out of it, Corporal.

- That's right.

Well, duty calls.

Good day, Charles.

Well, good day.

Welcome home.

Will you imagine that fellow?

A fortnight in Dublin.

Does nothing, sees nothing.

It's working with children,

makes a man childish.

No, it was that wife of his,

knocked all the spirit out of him.

She was a good, pure woman.

- Pure, she was.

- Is that nothing?

Oh, no. No.

Well, did you come to

lend me a hand, then?

Well, now, let's see. For a

start, you could put the kettle on.

I didn't come for that at all.

I've come to say something.

I feel like a child in this place.

And I'm not a child.

Do you know that?

I know that.

Rose, I've...

maybe an idea of what you came to say.

You have no idea at all.

Well, I'm just saying, in case

it helps a bit, I maybe have.

I love you.

- Will you come inside?

- No.

Will you sit down, then?

- Why?

- I'd like to talk to you, Rose.

Well, I know what that means.

Rose, this sort of thing

can come about, you know...

a girl taking a fancy to a teacher.

- Thanks.

- Fancy's all it is, Rose.

Rose, you've mistaken a

penny mirror for the sun.

Do you not see that?

I see you always digging

a low pit for yourself...

when you should be

standing on a heap of pride.

Well, Rose...

your coming here today and

saying what you've said...

is the only cause I've

ever had for pride.

Don't you see, Rose? I

only taught you about...

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Robert Bolt

British left-wing playwright best known for his screenplay for the 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia directed by David Lean. more…

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