A film starring Siobhan McKenna, Gary Raymond
with Liam Redmond.

An innkeeper's daughter falls in love with a handsome stranger but soon discovers his heroic exploits have no more than a grain of truth.
(Colour)

Siobhan McKenna stars as Pegeen Mike
The Playboy of the Western World
This film was awarded three citations when it was shown at the Boston, Massachusetts Festival. It was also shown at the 1962 Edinburgh Festival, but was never given a general release in this country.
It was shot on location in Dingle Bay, County Kerry, and many of the cast came from the production of the play at Dublin's Abbey Theatre.
The language, not surprisingly is Irish through and through, and shot with Synge's inimitable poetry. Superb acting from a distinguished cast, which includes the incomparable Siobhan McKenna as the put-upon Pegeen, makes it a film to remember.
Tonight at 9.5