The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a schemer as he is a cad. Led by Thady O'Heggarty, the villagers plot to drive Jasper away. They use the occasion of "O'Leary Night", when the ghost of the first O'Leary walks the halls, to create general chaos.
Acting
Niven's velvet villainy and Fitzgerald's conspiratorial twinkle.
Production
Gothic Irish manor shot like a storybook with shadows.
Director
Mario Zampi
David Niven
Jasper O'Leary
Yvonne De Carlo
Serena McGlusky
Barry Fitzgerald
Thady O'Heggarty
George Cole
Terence
Noelle Middleton
Kathy McGlusky
Robert Urquhart
Dr. Michael Flynn
Michael Shepley
Major McGlusky
Joseph Tomelty
Dooley
A.E. Matthews
General O'Leary
Eddie Byrne
Lannigan
Brian O'Higgins
Milligan
Liam Redmond
Regan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as 'Tonight's the Night' in the US because Americans apparently couldn't handle Irish optimism.
This was Zampi's follow-up to 'Laughter in Paradise'—he really had a type: dead relatives causing chaos.
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