Cul-De-Sac 1966  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Jacqueline Bisset, Renee Houston, William Franklyn, Marie Kean
Two wounded gangsters hide out on a lonely island where they terrorize the couple who inhabit the island's castle. A good cast certainly helps this production.
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The Dead 1987 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Donal McCann, Anjelica Huston, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Rachael Dowling, Dan O'Herlihy, Sean McClory, Colm Meaney, Ingrid Craigie, Marie Kean, Donal Donnelly, Frank Paterson, Maria McDermottroe, Kate O'Toole, Maria Hayden
This is John Huston's final film effort–he died before it was released. One of Huston's best films, this is the adaptation of a James Joyce short story about the reminiscences of a group of friends attending a party. Spinsters Aunt Kate (Helena Carroll) and Aunt Julia (Cathleen Delany) live in Dublin and are giving a New Year's Eve party in 1904. A young couple, Gabriel and Gretta Conroy (Donal McCann and Anjelica Huston), are enjoying the party until Gretta is prodded by Kate and Julia to remember her long-lost lover. As secrets from Greta's past are revealed, Gabriel begins to question the lack of passion in his own life.
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal 1966  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Cast: Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams, Gordon Jackson, Andrew Keir, Donal McCann, Richard Leech, Peter Jeffrey, Marie Kean, Bill Owen
A young Irish prince, Hugh O'Donnell (Peter McEnery) rescues his people from the encroaching English forces during the Elizabethan era in this exciting Disney film.
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Girl with Green Eyes 1964 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Desmond Davis
Cast: Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Marie Kean, Arthur O'Sullivan, Julian Glover, T.P. McKenna, Liselotte Goettinger, Patrick Laffan, Eileen Crowe
Filmed in Dublin, this is the story of Kate (Rita Tushingham), a young woman from a run-down farm who heads to Dublin, gets a job, and lives with a friend from school, Baba (Lynn Redgrave). After she meets and moves in with middle-aged Eugene (Peter Finch), life gets more complicated. Tushingham and Redgrave give fine performances.
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 Ryan's Daughter 1970  PG, 194 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern, Barry Foster, Marie Kean, Arthur O'Sullivan, Gerald Sim, Barry Jackson, Evin Crowley
Set in Ireland, this is the love story of Rosey (Sarah Miles), the wife of aging schoolteacher Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum). She meets and falls in love with an officer in the British occupying forces, Randolph Doryan (Christopher Jones). Their affair leads to her being accused of aiding the British against Ireland. Oscars were awarded for Best Supporting Actor (John Mills) and Cinematography; nominations were received for Best Picture and Sound.
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| 1. Cul-De-Sac (1966)
2. The Dead (1987)
3. The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
4. Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
5. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
6. Ryan's Daughter (1970)
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