---
title: 'Rooney (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Pollock'
released: '1958-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rooney-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052147/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rooney (1958)

1958 · Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Rooney is a 1958 British comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow and Barry Fitzgerald. The screenplay was by Patrick Kirwan based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Catherine Cookson. The film depicts the life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends, and a Dublin rubbish collector during the week.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Pollock](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-pollock)
- **Screenplay:** [Patrick Kirwan](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-kirwan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philip Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-green)

## Cast

- [John Gregson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gregson)

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