Juno and the Paycock (1929)

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre

drama film, tragicomedy, comedy film, comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

PG

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1920s Dublin, the Boyle family struggles with poverty and false hopes. The story follows Juno as she tries to hold her family together while her husband drinks and her daughter faces a personal crisis.

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What happens

Juno and the Paycock (also known as The Shame of Mary Boyle ) is a 1930 British all-talking sound tragicomedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Maire O'Neill, Edward Chapman and Sara Allgood. It was written by Hitchcock and Alma Reville. The film was based on the successful 1924 play of the same name by Seán O'Casey, which has also been filmed a number of times for television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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