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Rafferty’s Rise
(1918) Ireland
B&W : Three reels
Directed by [?] Fred O’Donovan and/or J.M. Kerrigan?

Cast: Fred O’Donovan [Constable Rafferty], Brian McGowan (Brian Magowan) [Sergeant Hogan], Kathleen Murphy [Kitty Hogan], Arthur Shields [Kitty’s successful lover], Valentine Roberts [Farmer McCauley], Queenie Coleman [Peggy McCauley], J. Storey [the tinker], Brenda Burke [the tinker’s wife]

Film Company of Ireland production; distributed by Film Company of Ireland. / Produced by James M. Sullivan. From the play The Rise of Constable Rafferty by Nicholas Hayes. Cinematography by William Moser. / Released 12 November 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 6 November 2022.

References: McIlroy-Ireland pp. 13, 158, 172 : Website-IMDb.