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Irish and Proud of It

Nov 4, 1936

1h 18m

★ 0.0

Overview

An Irish-born businessman based in London is kidnapped by colleagues as a joke and flown back to the small village of his birth. There he finds that American gangsters are forcing the local publicans to buy illegally-produced raw spirit with which to adulterate branded products.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Victor M. Greene Productions

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Cast

Donogh O'Connor

Richard Hayward

Moira Flaherty

Dinah Sheridan

Mary Johnson

Gwenllian Gill

Mick Finnegan

George Pembroke

Sean Casey

Liam Gaffney

Benito Colombo

Herbert Thorpe

Old Flaherty

Jimmy Mageean

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