Captain Lightfoot (1955)
An unforgettably beautiful love story
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, under the name "Lightfoot."
- Date of release
- 1955-03-26
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Adventure, Romance, History
- Director
- Douglas Sirk
Casting
- Rock Hudson — Michael Martin
- Barbara Rush — Aga Doherty
- Jeff Morrow — John Doherty
- Kathleen Ryan — Lady Anne More
- Finlay Currie — Callahan
- Denis O'Dea — Regis Donnell
- Geoffrey Toone — Captain Hood
- Hilton Edwards — Lord Glen
- Sheila Brennan — Waitress
- Charles B. Fitzsimons — Dan Shanley
- Christopher Casson — Lord Clonmell
- Philip O'Flynn — Trim
Interesting facts
Captain Lightfoot is a 1955 American CinemaScope Technicolor adventure film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush and Jeff Morrow and is Sirk's adaptation of a book by W. R. Burnett written in 1954.
Production
W.R. Burnett said "Sirk was a very bad job of miscasting" on the film as "He had no sense of humor. And Captain Lightfoot is a light piece, full of humor."
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