Flight of the Doves

Flight of the Doves (1971)

Something special is coming your way!

While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.

Date of release
1971-04-02
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Family, Drama
Director
Ralph Nelson

Casting

Interesting facts

Flight of the Doves is a 1971 Irish-British Eastmancolor children's film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Jack Wild, Dorothy McGuire and Stanley Holloway. It was written by Frank Gabrielson and Nelson, based on the 1967 novel of the same title by Irish writer Walter Macken. The film was based and filmed in Ireland.

Production

The film was scored by Roy Budd, who had made his film soundtrack debut in Ralph Nelson's previous film Soldier Blue. His score contains two songs: "You Don't Have to Be Irish to Be Irish", which is sung as the St Patrick's Day Parade song, and "The Far Off Place". The latter is sung by Dana, who plays the role of Sheila, an Irish Traveller, and the song is half in Irish and half in English.

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