Movie Description
No Resting Place
(1951)Overview
The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950's No Resting Place. Filmed on location in Ireland, the film is a lightly fictionalized study of that country's itinerant workmen. Michael Gough plays tinker Alec Kyle, whose life is thrown into turmoil when he accidentally kills a man. Kyle spends the rest of the film evading Guard Mannigan (Noel Purcell), a civil servant who relies on instinct rather than scientific deduction to get his man. Without ever trying to elicit sympathy for his characters, director Rotha manages to compellingly detail the miserable living and working conditions of Ireland's nomad artisans.
Featured Crew
- Director : Paul Rotha
- Producer : Colin Lesslie
- Writer : Paul Rotha,Colin Lesslie,Michael Orrom
- Editor : Betty Orgar,Michael Orrom
- Cast : Michael Gough,Eithne Dunne,Noel Purcell,Brian O'Higgins,Jack MacGowran,Diana Campbell,Maureen O'Sullivan,May Craig,Fred Johnson,Robert Hennessy,Esther O'Connor,Christy Lawrence,Billy O'Gorman
Cast
Alec Kyle
Meg Kyle
Guard Mannigan
Tom Kyle
Billy Kyle
Bess Kyle
Nan Kyle
Tom's Daughter (uncredited)
Paddy (uncredited)
Gamekeeper (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleNo Resting Place
Status Released
Release Information
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1951-01-12
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 20m
Production CompaniesColin Lesslie Productions
