Home Is the Hero

This well-acted drama about an Irishman just released from jail is filled with rich characterization. The story is adapted from a stage play by Walter Macken who also plays the role of the ex-convict Paddo in this screen version. Direction is by J. Fielder Cook. Once Paddo returns home after being sentenced to five years for killing a man, his old friends try to put him back in their niche of local hero but Paddo will have none of it. He is disillusioned and changed. His son Willie (Arthur Kennedy) walks with a limp that keeps him too self-conscious to assert himself as he would like with the young woman of his dreams. While other people come in and out of Paddo's life, from his taciturn friend the trapper to the local tinker, it is Paddo's son Willie suffering from his own disability who makes the difference in his father's life.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 230026
  • Status Released
  • Released Ireland March 3, 1959 (Dublin) Germany June 1, 1959 (Berlin International Film Festival) Denmark July 11, 1960 United States of America January 25, 1961 (New York City, New York)
  • Content Rating Great Britain U United States of America NR
  • Runtime 83 minutes
  • Genres Drama Romance
  • Original Country Ireland
  • Original Language English
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