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Rooney

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1hr 28min
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1958
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Synopsis: Rooney (John Gregson) is a handsome but unambitious Irish sanitation worker. Rooney's landladies would love to see him married to one of their daughters, or nieces, or whatever, but Rooney ain't buyin'. Barry Fitzgerald plays Rooney's elderly bedridden neighbor, whom the young man befriends, turns to for advice, and tries to shield from the old man's bickering relatives. Stronger on characterization than plot, Rooney was based on a popular novel by Catherine Cookson. The film is at its best when ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
James Ignatius Rooney
Maire Hogan
Grandfather
Doreen O'Flynn
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