Movie: The Shadow of a Gunman

Top 10 Billed Cast

Frank Converse
Frank Converse

Donal Davoren

Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss

Tommy Owen

Brendan Dillon
Brendan Dillon

Grigson

Allyn Ann McLerie
Allyn Ann McLerie

Mrs. Grigson

Jack MacGowran
Jack MacGowran

Seumas Shields

Donnelly Rhodes
Donnelly Rhodes

Soldier

William Glover
William Glover

Gallogher

Philip Kenneally
Philip Kenneally

Mulligan

Nora Marlowe
Nora Marlowe

Mrs. Henderson

Gavin Mooney
Gavin Mooney

Maguire

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    Is a sensitive and mysterious poet really an IRA gunman in hiding? Set in a Dublin tenement in the 1920s, this was the first part of Sean O'Casey's celebrated "Dublin Trilogy." Equal parts comedy and tragedy, this classic play is brilliantly performed by a stellar cast.

  • Release Date

    1972-12-04

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    6

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    English
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