7.2
“An unforgettably beautiful love story”
Captain Lightfoot (1955)
March 26, 19551h 32mEN
6.2
19 votes
Overview
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."
Director
Douglas SirkWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$1.3M
Production Companies
Universal International Pictures
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6.0"Michael Martin" (Rock Hudson) is a low-key highwayman in early 1800s Ireland happy to rob the local gentry and contribute to Denis O'Shea's association that is peaceably pressuring for Irish freedom. The latter man isn't keen on accepting the fruits of crime, though, and so "Martin" leaves in a fit of pique and encounters a clergyman who takes him to a tavern. No room at the inn, but the preacher is a man of imagination and soon they are to share a room - if only the robber can convince the rebel-loathing landlord that he is worthy! Guess what? Folks ain't what they seem and in best "The Moon…
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