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Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)

Darby O'Gill and the Little People poster
Directed by
Robert Stevenson
Genre
fantasy film, adventure film, children's film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
G
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 173 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An old Irish caretaker named Darby O'Gill matches wits with a group of leprechauns. He gets into adventures with the tiny king and his people.

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What happens

Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 American fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions, adapted from the Darby O'Gill stories of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh. Directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, the film stars Albert Sharpe as O'Gill alongside Janet Munro, Sean Connery, and Jimmy O'Dea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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