This was sweet fun and an utterly unexpected surprise. It starts on a bouncy mad dash open car ride across the Irish countryside.
"Is everybody balmy in this country?"
Our driver is Steven "Fitz" Fitzpatrick a journalist who is taking a big time job in New York. Only he gets waylaid in Ireland when a bridge collapses with the weight of their car...and he takes a little walk only to discover a picturesque waterfall and meeting a leprechaun.
"Don't be too sure, Irish paths are whimsical like the Irish character"
Only he doesn't know it's a leprechaun. Marooned in Ireland for a few days he meets the lovely Nora at the local B&B. Once he makes it to New York and his new job...which is less about journalism and more about getting his boss elected into political office and marrying his daughter. The job comes with a furnish apartment and a unique manservant...who has some ideas of his own, and a wee bit of a drinking problem.
"Drape that over your tonsils."
This was filled with comedy...and the leprechaun Horace really steals the show! Tyrone Power is wonderful as the handsome lead. At times the Irish yarns were so convoluted I got lost, but I think that was the point.
"I offered you gold, it's not my fault you prefer a pebble."
This was wonderful and I highly recommend...it would make a great St. Patrick's day film.
"Is everybody balmy in this country?"
Our driver is Steven "Fitz" Fitzpatrick a journalist who is taking a big time job in New York. Only he gets waylaid in Ireland when a bridge collapses with the weight of their car...and he takes a little walk only to discover a picturesque waterfall and meeting a leprechaun.
"Don't be too sure, Irish paths are whimsical like the Irish character"
Only he doesn't know it's a leprechaun. Marooned in Ireland for a few days he meets the lovely Nora at the local B&B. Once he makes it to New York and his new job...which is less about journalism and more about getting his boss elected into political office and marrying his daughter. The job comes with a furnish apartment and a unique manservant...who has some ideas of his own, and a wee bit of a drinking problem.
"Drape that over your tonsils."
This was filled with comedy...and the leprechaun Horace really steals the show! Tyrone Power is wonderful as the handsome lead. At times the Irish yarns were so convoluted I got lost, but I think that was the point.
"I offered you gold, it's not my fault you prefer a pebble."
This was wonderful and I highly recommend...it would make a great St. Patrick's day film.