Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory – Film Listing

Plough and the Stars

    • Director

      John Ford

    • Credits

      Barbara Stanwyk, Preston Foster,Barry Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea, Eileen Crowe, F. J. McCormick and Arthur Shields

    • Principal Cast

      Barbara Stanwyk, Preston Foster,Barry Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea, Eileen Crowe, F. J. McCormick and Arthur Shields

  • Category

    Feature
    Literature
    1916 Centenary

In the spring of 1916, hostility towards the British is brewing on the streets of Dublin. Nora Clitheroe (Barbara Stanwyk) tries in vain to keep her husband Jack (Preston Foster) from joining the rebel forces for fear he will die fighting for Ireland. John Ford displays his wholehearted support for the Irish struggle for independence in this adaptation of Sean O’Casey’s long-running play. Hollywood stars Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster were cast in the lead roles at the insistence of the RKO Studio allowing Ford to ship in the cream of Abbey actors – Barry Fitzgerald, Denis O’Dea, Eileen Crowe, F. J. McCormick and Arthur Shields – to reprise their roles in the long-running stage play. Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn

73 mins, USA, 1936, B&W

IFI CINEMAS TODAY


The IFI is supported
by The Arts Council

Arts Council of Ireland