Ryan's Daughter (1970)
- Starring:
- Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, (more)
- Director(s):
- David Lean
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Ryan's Daughter
The logic behind inflating Robert Bolt's minimalist romantic drama Ryan's Daughter into a 12-million-dollar epic seems to have been "When David Lean directs, it's a super-spectacular." Sarah Miles (who at the time was married to Robert Bolt) stars as Rosy, the daughter of Irish pub keeper Tom Ryan (Leo McKern). Married to tweedy, sexless schoolmaster Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum), restless Rosy has an affair with British officer Randolph Doryan (Christopher Jones). When village idiot Michael (an Oscar-winning turn by John Mills) innocently uncovers evidence of Rosy's indiscretion, the local gossips begin wagging their tongues. Shaughnessy chooses to remain above the scandal, assuming that Rosy will come to her senses. Later, Rosy's father informs on a group of IRA insurgents, hoping to keep the peace in his village. The locals assume that Rosy, still enamored of Doryan, is the informer, and exact a humiliating punishment. Realizing that his very presence has caused disgrace for Rosy, Doryan kills himself. For Rosy and Shaughnessy, life goes on...not happily ever after, just ever after. The film was lensed on location in Ireland by frequent Lean collaborator Freddie Young. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 206 mins
Complete Cast of Ryan's Daughter
- Robert Mitchum - Charles Shaughnessy
- Sarah Miles - Rosy
- John Mills - Michael
- Barry Foster - Tim O'Leary
- Marie Kean - Mrs. McCardle
- Barry Jackson - Corporal
- Ed O'Callaghan - Bernard
- Niall O'Brien - Joseph
- Emmet Bergin - Sean
- Pat Layde - Policeman
- Archie O'Sullivan - McCardle
- Gerald Sim - Captain
- Trevor Howard - Father Collins
- Christopher Jones - Randolph Droyan
- Leo McKern - Tom Ryan
- Owen O'Sullivan - Peter
- Evin Crowley - Moureen
- Douglas Sheldon - Driver
- Philip O'Flynn - Paddy
- Niall Toibin - O'Keefe
- May Cluskey - Storekeeper
- Des Keogh - Lanky Private
- Brian O'Higgins - Constable O'Connor
- Director(s):
- David Lean
- Writer(s):
- Robert Bolt
- Producer(s):
- Anthony Havelock-Allan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Not For Children, Adult Situations)
- 1970 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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