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The Playboys

Feature 109 Completed

YEAR: 1992

DIRECTOR: Gillies McKinnon

WRITER: Shane Connaughton

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Green Umbrella Films

PRODUCER: William P Cartlidge Simon Perry

CAST: Albert Finney Aidan Quinn Robin Wright Milo O'Shea Alan Devlin Niamh Cusack

LOCATION: Cavan

EDITOR: Humphrey Dixon

DOP: Jack Conroy

COSTUME DESIGN: Consolata Boyle

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Andy Harris

HAIR/MAKEUP: Rosie Blackmore Carole Dunne Jennifer Hegarty

SOUND: Alan Bell Dean Humphreys Gerry Humphreys

MUSIC: Jean-Claude Petit

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In a remote Irish village in 1957, the Playboys were the travelling actors on whom the villagers relied for entertainment. A young woman scandalises the village by having an illegitimate baby, and refusing to name the father who it is suspected is one of the visiting actors.


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