Saints and Sinners (1949 film)

Saints and Sinners is a 1949 British comedy drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Kieron Moore, Christine Norden and Sheila Manahan.^[2]

Saints and Sinners
Directed by	Leslie Arliss
Written by	Paul Vincent Carroll Leslie Arliss Mabbie Poole
Based on	play by Paul Vincent Carroll
Produced by	Leslie Arliss Tom D. Connochie
Starring	Kieron Moore Christine Norden Sheila Manahan
Cinematography	Osmond Borrodaile
Edited by	David Newhouse
Music by	Philip Green
Production company	London Film Productions
Distributed by	British Lion Films(U.K.) Lopert (U.S.A.)
Release date	15 August 1949 (1949-08-15)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£98,061 (UK)[1]

Premise

The film follows life in small Irish town, where a man is wrongly accused of theft.

Cast

• Kieron Moore as Michael Kissane
• Christine Norden as Blanche
• Sheila Manahan as Sheila Flaherty
• Michael J. Dolan as Canon
• Maire O'Neill as Ma Murnaghan
• Tom Dillon as O'Brien
• Noel Purcell as Flaherty
• Pamela Arliss as Betty
• Edward Byrne as Barney Downey
• Sheila Ward as clothing woman
• Eric Gorman as Madigan
• Eddie Byrne as Norreys
• Liam Redmond as O'Driscoll
• Tony Quinn as Berry
• Cecilia McKevitt as Maeve
• Sheila Richards as Eileen O' Hara
• Anita Bolster as Julia Ann Kermody

Production

It was filmed on location in and around Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland.^[3] There was some difficulty with Ireland's Actors' Equity over the hire of actors.^[4]

Reception

Variety said "appeal is limited for US market".^[5]