The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
The agent of an absentee landlord resorts to underhand means in order to evict tenants from land that could be more profitably used for cattle. Adapted from the 1879 novel of the same name.
Ratings
IMDb4.5/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Fred O'DonovanDirector
- Charles KickhamWriter
- Ellen O'Mara SullivanScreenplay
Cast
- Brian MagowanMat Donovan / Mat the Thrasher
- Fred O'DonovanArthur O'Connor
- Kathleen MurphyNorah Lahy
- Arthur ShieldsPhil Lahy
- J.M. CarrePender
- Breffni O'RourkeBilly Heffernan
- Valentine RobertsFather O'Carroll
- Patrick O'DonnellBarney Broderick / 'Wattletoes'
- Dermot O'DowdMaurice Kearney
- George LarchetArthur Lowe
- Charles PowerSir Garrett Butler
- Nora ClancyMary Kearney