''Danny Boy'' is a 1941 British

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Oswald Mitchell Oswald Albert Mitchell (1890 - April 27, 1949) was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films.

and starring David Farrar, Wilfrid Lawson,

Ann Todd Dorothy Ann Todd (24 January 1907 – 6 May 1993) was an English film, television and stage actress who achieved international fame when she starred in 1945's ''The Seventh Veil''. From 1949 to 1957 she was married to David Lean who directed he ...

John Warwick John McIntosh Beattie (4 January 1905 – 10 January 1972), known professionally as John Warwick, was an Australian actor, and television dramatist. Early life He was born John McIntosh Beattie (many sources give "Beattle") at Bellingen, New S ...

, and Grant Tyler. ''

Halliwell's Film and Video Guide Robert James Leslie Halliwell (23 February 1929 – 21 January 1989) was a British film critic, encyclopaedist and television rights buyer for ITV, the British commercial network, and Channel 4. He is best known for his reference guides, '' Fi ...

'' describes the film as a "sentimental drama with music; not for the critical."John Walker (ed.) '' Halliwell's Film and Video Guide 2000'', London: HarperCollins, 1999, p.201

Cast

* David Farrar - Martin * Wilfrid Lawson - Newton *

- Jane Kaye *

- Carter * Grant Tyler - Danny *

Wylie Watson Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson) was a British actor. Among his best-known roles were those of "Mr Memory", an amazing man who commits "50 new facts to his memory every day" in Alfred Hitchcock's film ' ...

- Fiddlesticks * Tony Quinn - Maloney *

Nora Gordon ''Nora Gordon'' (29 November 1893, West Hartlepool, County Durham – 11 May 1970, London) was a British film and television actress. She was married to Leonard Sharp. Her daughter was the actress Dorothy Gordon. She also appeared in a number o ...

- Mrs Maloney * Pat Lennox - Manager * Albert Whelan - Scotty * Harry Herbert - Skinny

References

External links

* 1941 films 1941 drama films Films directed by Oswald Mitchell British drama films British black-and-white films Films scored by Percival Mackey 1940s English-language films 1940s British films {{1940s-UK-film-stub