List of Irish Films - 1950s

1950s

Year Title Director Actors Genre Notability
1951 The Hills of Ireland Harry Dugan Pat O'Brien (narrator) documentary travelogue
1951 Return to Glennascaul Hilton Edwards Orson Welles horror/ short
1952 The Quiet Man John Ford John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitzgerald comedy
1953 Fintona Housing Discrimination documentary short
1957 Pretty Polly Tony Inglis Noel Purcell short
1957 Professor Tim Henry Cass Bill Foley
1957 The Rising of the Moon John Ford Tyrone Power comedy/ drama Three vignettes based on short stories illustration rural Irish life
1959 Home Is the Hero Fielder Cook Walter Macken drama romance Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival
1959 Mise Éire George Morrison Liam Budhlaeir (narrator) Documentary Chronicles the 1916 Easter Rising
1959 Shake Hands with the Devil Michael Anderson James Cagney historical drama Portrays the Irish War of Independence
1959 Broth of a Boy George Pollock Barry Fitzgerald comedy
1959 This Other Eden Muriel Box Audrey Dalton drama
1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People Robert Stevenson Sean Connery children's

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