Directed by Neil Jordan   Written by Neil Jordan   Cast Peter O'Toole ... Peter Plunkett Donal McCann ... Eamon Mary Coughlan ... Katie Liz Smith ... Mrs Plunkett Tom Hickey ... Sampson Tony Rohr ... Christy Hilary Reynolds ... Patricia Isolde Cazelet ... Julia Little John Nee ... Gateman (as Little John) Steve Guttenberg ... Jack Beverly D'Angelo ... Sharon Jennifer Tilly ... Miranda Peter Gallagher ... Brother Tony Martin Ferrero ... Malcolm Connie Booth ... Marge Krista Hornish ... Wendy Matthew Wright ... Woody Paul O'Sullivan ... Graham Daryl Hannah ... Mary Plunkett Liam Neeson ... Martin Brogan Ray McAnally ... Plunkett Senior Aimée Delamain ... Great Granny Plunkett (as Aimee Delamain) Ruby Buchanan ... Great Aunt Nan Preston Lockwood ... Great Uncle Peter Uncredited Cast Stephen Calcutt ... Ghost Peter Hanly ... Red Jacket Boy Produced by Mark Damon   Moshe Diamant   Nik Powell   Selwyn Roberts   Eduard Sarlui   David Saunders   Jon Turtle   Stephen Woolley   Original Music by George Fenton

Additional Info Premiere: November 18, 1988 DVD Release: June 04, 2002 Blu-ray Release: December 19, 2023 Countries: Distributor: Sandpiper Films Websites: Production Companies Vision PDG (Vision p.d.g.) (presents) Palace Pictures (Palace) Distributors TriStar Pictures   (1988) (United States) (theatrical) Image Entertainment   (United States) (laserdisc) (video) MGM Home Entertainment   (2002) (United States) (DVD) Media Home Entertainment   (1989) (United States) (VHS) Scream Factory   (2015) (United States) (Blu-ray) Video Treasures   (1989) (United States) (VHS) Vision International   (1988) (World-wide) Filming Locations County Limerick, Ireland Dromore Castle, County Limerick, Ireland   (as Castle Plunkett) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,561 / 21,247 Site Ranking #4,557 Island Of Lost Souls (1932) #4,558 Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) #4,559 Next Door (2005) #4,560 The Machine Girl (2008) #4,561 High Spirits (1988) #4,562 Husk (2011) #4,563 Don't Torture A Duckling (1972) #4,564 Bad Guy (2001) #4,565 Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels: Season 1 (2020)