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Riders to the Sea is a film of genre Drama directed by Brian Desmond Hurst with Sara Allgood

Riders to the Sea (1935)

Riders to the Sea
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Rating63% 3.197313.197313.197313.197313.19731

Riders to the Sea is a British film shot in 1935 in Ireland. It is based on 1904 play of the same name, written by John Millington Synge. It was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst with Sara Allgood and Denis Johnston in the title roles. A story in a fishing community in a West of Ireland, Maurya loses her husband and her sons at the sea.

Actors

Sara Allgood

(Maurya)Kevin Guthrie

(Bartley)Ria Mooney

(Cathleen)Maire O'Neill

(First Woman)
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