Hungry Hill

Hungry Hill - 1947 | 92 mins | Drama | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst.
Producer: William Sistrom.
Script: Daphne Du Maurier and Terence Young. Additional dialogue: Francis Crowdy. (from the novel by Daphne Du Maurier)
Cinematography: Desmond Dickinson.
Film Editing: Alan Jaggs.
Art Direction: Alex Vetchinsky.
Costume Design: Eleanor Abbey.
Makeup Department: Tony Sforzini and Vivienne Walker.
Sound Department: Desmond Dew and W.H. Lindop and Kenneth Heeley-Ray.
Original Music: John Greenwood.
Conductor: Muir Mathieson.

The Cast

Margaret Lockwood - Fanny Rose
Dennis Price - Greyhound John Brodrick
Cecil Parker - Copper John Brodrick
Michael Denison - Henry Brodrick
F.J. McCormick - Old Tim
Arthur Sinclair - Morty Donovan
Jean Simmons - Jane Brodrick
Eileen Crowe - Bridget
Eileen Herlie - Katherine
Barbara Waring - Barbara Brodrick

Plot Synopsis

Stirring Irish saga based on the epic novel by Daphne du Maurier about the bitter feud between two Irish families. Set in 1840 and spanning three generations of the Broderick Family. High-spirited Fanny Rose (Margaret Lockwood) toys with the affections of two brothers, Henry (Michael Denison) and Greyhound John Brodwick (Dennis Price). There's also animosity from the villagers towards businessman Copper John Brodrick (Cecil Parker) who's taken over their land to open his mine. Broderick's bitter feud with the Donovan family over land and the mining of it leads to a feud which is destined to bring death and destruction to Hungry Hill.