Ryan's Daughter (1970)

7.1/10 206 min Romance History Drama

Overview

In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.

Cast

Robert Mitchum

Charles

Trevor Howard

Father Collins

Christopher Jones

Major Doryan

John Mills

Michael

Leo McKern

Thomas Ryan

Sarah Miles

Rosy

Barry Foster

Tim O'Leary

Marie Kean

Mrs. McCardle

Gerald Sim

Captain

Barry Jackson

Corporal

Des Keogh

Lanky Private

Niall Tóibín

O'Keefe

Brian O'Higgins

Constable O'Connor

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