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The Playboys

The Playboys

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 22, 1992

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Playboys

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Company, Green Umbrella Ltd.

Director

Gillies MacKinnon

Description

A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney). The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, especially when she falls in love with one f the "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).