Home Is the Hero (1959)
1h 20m
Running Time
March 3, 1959Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Walter Macken
Paddo O'Reilly / Theatre Play

Eileen Crowe
Daylia O'Reilly

Arthur Kennedy
Willie O'Reilly

Joan O'Hara
Josie O'Reilly

Emmett Dalton
Executive Producer

Maire O'Donnell
Maura Green

Fielder Cook
Director

Philip Howard
Writer

Harry Brogan
Dovetail

Henry Keating
Writer

Maire Keane
Bid

Philip O'Flynn
Trapper

Pat Layde
Mr. Green

Eddie Golden
Mr. Shannon

Robert S. Baker
Producer

Monty Berman
Producer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
release from prison
Wiki.
Home Is the Hero is a 1959 Irish drama film directed by Fielder Cook. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.