Saints and Sinners (1949 film) explained

Saints and Sinners
Director:	Leslie Arliss
Producer:	Leslie Arliss Tom D. Connochie
Based On:	play by Paul Vincent Carroll
Starring:	Kieron Moore Christine Norden Sheila Manahan
Cinematography:	Osmond Borrodaile
Music:	Philip Green
Editing:	David Newhouse
Studio:	London Film Productions
Distributor:	British Lion Films(U.K.) Lopert (U.S.A.)
Runtime:	87 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Gross:	£98,061 (UK)^[1]

Saints and Sinners is a 1949 British comedy drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Kieron Moore, Christine Norden and Sheila Manahan.^[2]

Premise

The film follows life in small Irish town, where a man is wrongly accused of theft.

Cast

• Kieron Moore as Michael Kissane
• Christine Norden as Blanche
• Sheila Manahan as Sheila Flaherty
• Michael J. Dolan as Canon
• Maire O'Neill as Ma Murnaghan
• Tom Dillon as O'Brien
• Noel Purcell as Flaherty
• Pamela Arliss as Betty
• Edward Byrne as Barney Downey
• Sheila Ward as clothing woman
• Eric Gorman as Madigan
• Eddie Byrne as Norreys
• Liam Redmond as O'Driscoll
• Tony Quinn as Berry
• Cecilia McKevitt as Maeve
• Sheila Richards as Eileen O' Hara
• Anita Bolster as Julia Ann Kermody

Production

It was filmed on location in and around Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland.^[3] There was some difficulty with Ireland's Actors' Equity over the hire of actors.^[4]

Reception

Variety said "appeal is limited for US market".^[5]

References

1. Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p489
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090113205701/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49227 BFI.org
3. Book: Borradaile, Osmond. Life through a lens. 196-197. 2001 .
4. Actors Equity Given Brush by Korda. Variety. 11. 1 September 1948.
5. Saints and Sinners. 6 Jul 1949. 9. Variety.

External links

• • http://www.radiofones.com/saintsandsinners.htm