Noel Purcell Movies

Merry Andrew

67/100

Downtrodden but creative English school-teacher (Danny Kaye) on archeological trip discovers joys of love and circus life with acrobat (Pier Angeli).

The Rising of the Moon

69/100

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault... See full summary »

Nurse on Wheels

60/100

Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to ... See full summary »

Land of Fury

56/100

In 1821,among the first British sailors to set foot on New Zealand, Phillip Wayne befriends a Maori tribe's chief, marries in England and returns to New Zealand with a small group of followers to settle.

Father's Doing Fine

57/100

Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine. The story revolves around the impending ... See full summary »

No Resting Place

58/100

An Irish traveller kills a game keeper by mistake. The story centered on rural life in Ireland.

Never Say Die

Blarney

Jimmy O'Dea finds a briefcase of stolen jewels, mistaking it for his own bag. The two sergeants vie with each other to capture the thieves and the local inn-keepers daughter. The thieves ... See full summary »

The Day After Tomorrow