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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
A touch O'Blarney... a heap O'Magic and A LOAD O'LAUGHTER!
( Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Romance )


Darby O'Gill and the Little People Poster

MPAA Rating:
G

US Runtime: 90 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jun 24, 1959   [USA]
 
Director: Robert Stevenson   [Director]
 
Writer: Lawrence Edward Watkin   [Writer]
 
Producers: Bill Anderson   [Producer]
Walt Disney   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Winton C. Hoch   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Stanley E. Johnson   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Oliver Wallace   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

Cast:

Albert Sharpe
Darby O'Gill
Janet Munro
Katie O'Gill
Sean Connery
Michael MacBride
Jimmy O'Dea
King Brian
Kieron Moore
Pony Sugrue
Estelle Winwood
Sheelah Sugrue
Walter Fitzgerald
Lord Fitzpatrick
Denis O'Dea
Father Murphy
 
J.G. Devlin
Tom Kerrigan
Jack MacGowran
Phadrig Oge
Farrell Pelly
Paddy Scanlon
Nora O'Mahoney
Molly Malloy
Brandon Beach
Pub Patron
Chet Brandenburg
Pub Patron
James O'Hara
Pub Patron
 

Stunt Crew:


Whitey Hughes
Stunts
Loren Janes
Stunts
 
Dean Smith
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


Robert O. Cook
Sound Supervisor
 
Dean Thomas
Sound Mixer
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Don DaGradi
Matte Painter
Peter Ellenshaw
Special Effects
Peter Ellenshaw
Matte Painter
Jim Fetherolf
Matte Painter
 
Eustace Lycett
Special Effects
Joshua Meador
Special Effects
Joshua Meador
Animation
Albert Whitlock
Matte Painter
 
 

Art Department:


Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
 
Fred M. MacLean
Set Decoration
 
 

Directing Crew:


Charles Barton
Second Assistant Director
 
Robert G. Shannon
Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Michael O'Herlihy
Technical Advisor
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Gertrude Casey
Costumer
 
Chuck Keehne
Costumer
 
 

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