Juno and the Paycock

1930

Comedy / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 30% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 10% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 2683 2.7K

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Plot summary

During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values of life really are. At the end, they discover they will not receive that inheritance; the family is destroyed and penniless. They must sell their home and start living like vagabonds.

Top cast

Barry Fitzgerald as The Orator
Donald Calthrop as Needle Nugent
Dave Morris as Jerry Devine
Dennis Wyndham as The Mobiliser
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875.18 MB
862*720
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 1
1.59 GB
1292*1080
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by michaelf 6 / 10

For Hitchcock Students Only

Sean O'Casey's play does not translate to the screen very well. A bit talky, it may have worked fine on stage, but it is not movie material. Still Hitchcock has moments where he shows his genius as a filmmaker. There are camera shots and editing cuts that tell more of the story than any of O'Casey's dialog.Still, I would not recommend this film for anyone who is new to the work of Alfred Hitchcock. Save this one for the advance class, and let the beginners view "The Secret Agent," "Shadow of a Doubt," "Vertigo," and "Psycho," just to name a few.
Reviewed by kergillian 6 / 10

Highly underrated and misunderstood Hitchcock film.

Most people don't like this film, not realizing that a) it's one of Hitchcock's very first British films, on a low budget; and b) that it's not a thriller or suspense film, but based on a masterfully written comic tragedy by Irish playwright Sean O'Casey. Very faithful to the play, this film is fairly well acted, and fairly well cast. Though most seem to think Sara Allgood is the standout as Juno, I particularly like Sidney Morgan's wonderful portrayal as Joxer, and Edward Chapman's performance as Captain Boyle is also very good,But writing and acting aside, this film is not without its flaws. Obviously on a tight and tiny budget, the quality of film and sound are fairly awful, and Hitchcock's direction and cinematography is less than stellar, with a rash of low shots and cut-off heads.Still, the poor quality of film and filming can be excused for budgetary constraints, and the fact that this is such an early Hitchcock film. Definitely worth watching if you like the play, which I do, but don't expect and thrills or shocks; this is a talk-heavy play about Irish troubles during the uprising with some very sharp and wicked humour and some very tragic commentary. Not Hitchcock's best by a longshot, but severely underrated. 6/10.
Reviewed by nycritic 4 / 10

Hitchcock Meets O'Casey: Not a Good Match.

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