Juno and the Paycock Movie Review 1930

Perhaps if Hitchcock hadn't been so faithful to O'Casey this early effort would have been less stagey and more entertaining. In Dublin during the civil uprising, a poor family is torn apart when they receive news of an imminent fortune. Hitchcock's reported to have said that "drama is life with the dull bits left out," though here too many dull bits remain.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Hard Knock Life

Screenplay

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Sara Allgood, Edward Chapman, John Longden, John Laurie, Maire O'Neill

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Other

Barry Fitzgerald

Producer

British International Pictures