This fabulous movie tells a story of love and scandal and is set in the Dingle Peninsula on the West Coast of Ireland during World War I.
Trapped in a colourless marriage to a schoolteacher, Rosy Ryan (Sarah Miles) embarks on a passionate affair with a British soldier, but the village idiot, Michael (John Mills) unwittingly proves the undoing of the couple.
Filmed on an epic scale, with cinematography by Freddie Young winning the film another Oscar this was the winner of the Best Supporting Actor award of which John Mills won.