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
Arthur O'Sullivan
Mr. McCardle
Evin Crowley
Moureen
Douglas Sheldon
Driver
Gerald Sim
Captain
Barry Jackson
Corporal
Des Keogh
Lanky Private
Niall Tóibín
O'Keefe
Philip O'Flynn
Paddy
Donal Neligan
Moureen's Boyfriend
Brian O'Higgins
Constable O'Connor
Niall O'Brien
Bernard
Owen Sullivan
Joseph
Emmet Bergin
Sean (uncredited)
May Cluskey
Storekeeper (uncredited)
Annie D'Alton
Old woman (uncredited)
Julian Holloway
Major Doryan (voice) (uncredited)
Pat Layde
Policeman (uncredited)
Ed O'Callaghan
Bernard (uncredited)
Crew
David Lean
Director
Robert Bolt
Screenplay
Norman Savage
Editor
Tony Lawson
Assistant Editor
Freddie Young
Director of Photography
Joe Marks
Second Assistant Director
Jonathan Burrows
Third Assistant Director
Jonathan Mills
Third Assistant Director
Michael Stevenson
Assistant Director
Pedro Vidal
Assistant Director
David Tringham
Assistant Director
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Producer
Roy Stevens
Associate Producer
Stephen B. Grimes
Production Designer
Ernest Day
Camera Operator
Jocelyn Rickards
Costume Designer
A.G. Scott
Hairstylist
A. G. Scott
Hairstylist
Charles E. Parker
Makeup Designer, Makeup Artist
Eric Allwright
Makeup Artist
Colin Arthur
Makeup Artist
Linda DeVetta
Makeup Artist
Charles Frend
Second Unit Director
Roy Stevens
Second Unit Director
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
Ernie Grimsdale
Sound Editor
Brian Sinclair
Assistant Sound Editor
John Hayward
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Mixer, Recording Supervision
Malcolm Stewart
Sound Effects
John Bramall
Sound Recordist
Michael Hickey
Sound
Bill Cook
Boom Operator
Brian Warner
Special Effects
Gerry Johnston
Special Effects
R.A. MacDonald
Special Effects
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Josie MacAvin
Set Decoration
Peter Dukelow
Construction Coordinator
Bernie Prentice
Electrician
Roy Rodhouse
Electrician
Eddie Fowlie
Location Manager
Jack Cooper
Stunts
Bronco McLoughlin
Stunts
Vic Armstrong
Stunts
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
Douglas Twiddy
Production Manager
Roy Walker
Art Direction
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