The Playboys (1992)

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Love the Hard Way

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Jan 1, 1992

Running Time: 110 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

Country Of Origin: Ireland

starring: Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn, Robin Wright Penn, Milo O'Shea, Alan Devlin, Niamh Cusack, Ian McElhinney, Stella McCusker, Niall Buggy, Anna Livia Ryan

director: Gillies MacKinnon

In a small Northern Irish border town in 1957, a young unwed mother is the object of both fascination and scorn for the locals, as she keeps the identity of the baby's father unkown. When a troupe of travelling players sets up camp, she finds herself courted by the town's constable as well as a handsome, charismatic young actor from the troupe.

April 18, 2001

The Playboys, a ragtag touring theater troupe, change lives in the isolated Irish village of Redhills. Using his childhood memories of Redhills, co-writer Shane Connaughton (My Left Foot) fashions an affecting comic romance. Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes the villagers by refusing to tell who fathered her baby. But the Playboys, particularly handsome Tom (Aidan Quinn), strengthen her resolve to refuse a marriage offer from jealous Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney).

Quinn exudes a…