Home Is the Hero
Home Is the Hero

Home Is the Hero

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1 hr 20 min

1959-03-03

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This well-acted drama about an Irishman just released from jail is filled with rich characterization. The story is adapted from a stage play by Walter Macken who also plays the role of the ex-convict Paddo in this screen version. Direction is by J. Fielder Cook. Once Paddo returns home after being sentenced to five years for killing a man, his old friends try to put him back in their niche of local hero but Paddo will have none of it. He is disillusioned and changed. His son Willie (Arthur Kennedy) walks with a limp that keeps him too self-conscious to assert himself as he would like with the young woman of his dreams. While other people come in and out of Paddo's life, from his taciturn friend the trapper to the local tinker, it is Paddo's son Willie suffering from his own disability who makes the difference in his father's life.

Drama

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Walter Macken

Walter Macken

Paddo O'Reilly

Eileen Crowe

Eileen Crowe

Daylia O'Reilly

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Willie O'Reilly

Joan O'Hara

Joan O'Hara

Josie O'Reilly

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