
The Run of the Country
1995 · Movie · R · 108 min · ★ 6.4
Five-time Academy Award-nominee Albert Finney ("Traffic," "Erin Brockovitch") stars in this moving Irish love story about a bullying widowed cop and his fed-up son who runs away and finds love in the arms of a woman from Northern Ireland. Things become more complicated when the woman becomes pregnant.
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Details
- Years
- 1995
- Release date
- 1995-09-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 108 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (12 votes)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- village
- rural area
- ireland
- policeman
- strained relationship
- father son relationship
Cast & crew

Albert Finney
as Danny's Father

Matt Keeslar
as Danny

Victoria Smurfit
as Annagh

Anthony Brophy
as Prunty

David Kelly
as Father Gaynor

Dearbhla Molloy
as Danny's Mother

Pat Kinevane
as McQuade

Vinnie McCabe
as Annaghs Uncle
- MO
Michael O'Reilly
as Bouncer Patterson
- PB
P.J. Brady
as Carolan
Directed by Peter Yates