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Basics Critics:74Viewers:67Rusty:77
Category: Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids/Family, Sci-Fi/FantasyNotable as: Fantasy, Award-Winning WorkSub-Category: fantasy film, adventure film, children's filmRuntime: 90 - 93 minutesColor: colorLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesDirector: Robert StevensonScreenwriter: Lawrence Edward WatkinMusic: Oliver WallaceCinematography: Winton HochStars: Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea, Albert Sharpe, Kieron Moore, Estelle Winwood, Jack MacGowran, Denis O'Dea, J. G. Devlin, Nora O'Mahoney Producer: Walt DisneyStudio: The Walt Disney CompanyAwards won: Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress (Janet Munro)Award nominations: Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – ActressAward details: (details at IMDb)
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery and Jimmy O'Dea, in a tale about a wily Irishman and his battle of wits with leprechauns. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and its screenplay written by Lawrence Edward Watkin after the books of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh. The film's title is a slight modification of one of the two Kavanagh books, Darby O'Gill and the Good People. This title, and her other book; The Ashes of Old Wishes And Other Darby O'Gill Tales were the original source for this movie.


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