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Play Sound The nuisance. - Will I get it out, then? - Oh, no, it's nothing. It's only the wind. - Are you away to the schoolhouse, then? - No, Rose, I think... I'll scramble up the dunes and pay my respects to my wife. Oh, yes. Good day, Rose. Good day, Mr. Shaughnessy.
The nuisance. - Will I get it out, then? - Oh, no, it's nothing. It's only the wind. - Are you away to the schoolhouse, then? - No, Rose, I think... I'll scramble up the dunes and pay my respects to my wife. Oh, yes. Good day, Rose. Good day, Mr. Shaughnessy.

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Description: Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.

Cast:
Charles Shaughnessy: Robert Mitchum
Father Collins: Trevor Howard
Rosy Ryan: Sarah Miles
Major Randolph Doryan: Christopher Jones
Michael: John Mills
Thomas Ryan: Leo McKern
Tim O'Leary: Barry Foster
Mrs. McCardle: Marie Kean
Mr. McCardle: Arthur O'Sullivan
Moureen: Evin Crowley
Driver: Douglas Sheldon
Captain: Gerald Sim
Corporal: Barry Jackson
Lanky Private: Des Keogh
O'Keefe: Niall Toibin
Paddy: Philip O'Flynn
Moureen's Boyfriend: Donal Neligan
Constable O'Connor: Brian O'Higgins
Bernard: Ed O'Callaghan
Joseph: Owen Sullivan
Sean: Emmet Bergin
Storekeeper: May Cluskey
Old woman: Annie D'Alton
Major Doryan: Julian Holloway
Policeman: Pat Layde

Written by: Robert Bolt

Director: David Lean

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date: 10 Dec 1970