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The Playboys

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The Playboys
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PG13,1hr 54min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1992
Director:
Gillies MacKinnon
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn, Robin Wright Penn  ...more
Synopsis: Gillies MacKinnon directed this charming Irish romance, taking place in a small Irish village in 1957, just before the first television set makes an appearance in this conservative hamlet. There is a scandal in the village concerning the beautiful and independent Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) -- Tara is pregnant and refuses to identify the father. She goes into labor during Sunday Mass, which raises the ire of the parish priest (Alan Devlin), who thinks God will bring bad times down on the village ... Full Synopsis
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Derek Armstrong, AMG Review
There's something about these small-village Irish historical pieces starring Aidan Quinn that equals cinematic dullsville. Neither This Is My Father nor this film, The Playboys, makes much of an impression in its consideration of the "scandals" that test the predominating church morality of the Irish countryside. Actually, Quinn does a fine job as a charming vagabond actor forever on the verge of a ... Full Review
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Albert Finney
Constable Hegarty
Aidan Quinn
Tom Casey
Robin Wright Penn
Tara Maguire
Milo O'Shea
Freddie
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