Jun 25th 

Ryan's Daughter**                       

(GB 1970)
MGM/Faraway. 197m. Super Panavision

In Ireland during the Troubles, a  publican's daughter unwisely marries a widowed schoolteacher, who sticks by her when she enters into a passionate affair with a British officer.
A watershed for David Lean, a romantic epic done with his usual finesse,  but overreaching itself in telling a slight story that could have been covered in half the length. Only some of the later scenes justify the amount of expense. It would be 14 years before he tried again.

Written by: Robert Bolt.
Producer: Anthony Havelock-Allan.
Director: David Lean.
Starring: Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern, Barry Foster, Gerald Sim.
Photography: Frederick A. Young.
Music: Maurice Jarre.
Production Design: Stephen Grimes.