Two brothers, a police officer and a boxing promoter, vie for the affections of a lovely young woman.Two brothers, a police officer and a boxing promoter, vie for the affections of a lovely young woman.Two brothers, a police officer and a boxing promoter, vie for the affections of a lovely young woman.
Thomas E. Jackson
- Doc Mullins
- (as Thomas Jackson)
Harvey Parry
- Joe Delancy
- (as Harvey Perry)
Phil Bloom
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Mushy Callahan
- Mushy Callahan - the Referee
- (uncredited)
Billy Coe
- Billy Coe - the Fight Timekeeper
- (uncredited)
Mabel Colcord
- Mrs. Adams - O'Hara's Neighbor
- (uncredited)
Lucille Collins
- Girl Asking Mike to Dance
- (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
- Lady in Ring
- (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
- Tough Guy Slugged by Danny
- (uncredited)
Joseph Glick
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Huntley Gordon
- Man at Danny's Fight Checkup
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecast took place in Portland OR Wednesday 5 December 1956 on KLOR (Channel 12); it first aired in Cincinnati Tuesday 25 December 1956 on WKRC (Channel 12), in Sacramento CA Saturday 2 February 1957 on KRCA (Channel 3), in San Diego Friday 15 February 1957 on KFMB (Channel 8), in Boston Sunday 16 March 1957 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Columbus Tuesday 9 April 1957 on WTVN (Channel 6) and in Indianapolis Thursday 18 April 1957 on WTTV (Channel 10).
- GoofsAt the beginning of the film, a shadow of the boom microphone can be seen moving onto the stove to the right of Ma O'Hara.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born (2005)
- SoundtracksWhen Irish Eyes Are Smiling
(1912) (uncredited)
Music by Ernest Ball
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
Also played as dance music by the band at the firemen's ball
Featured review
Mrs. O'Hara And Her Three Sons
The Irish in Us has Mary Gordon as a buxom Irish-American mother with three proud sons. Pat O'Brien a cop, Frank McHugh a fireman, and James Cagney a man with big ideas. The O'Hara family is built along the lines of the Beebe family in three years later in Paramount's Sing You Sinners that had Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Beebe with her three sons, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor, and Bing Crosby. The only difference between the O'Haras and the Beebes is that the O'Haras aren't musical.
But they are a charming bunch even though Olivia DeHavilland comes between Cagney and O'Brien. As in the Crosby and Hope films, guess who she winds up with in the end?
Cagney's latest idea is to be a boxing promoter and he's got this punch drunk fighter played very endearingly by Allen Jenkins on whom he pins his hopes. Cagney's done a little boxing in the past himself, a fact that stands him in good stead at the climax.
This is the only time in the Cagney/O'Brien series of films that the two of them ever were blood relations and they even get Frank McHugh in there as well. Olivia DeHavilland has very little to do in this film, but sit around and look pretty. She does that very well, but it was films like this for her that made her fight for better parts that she knew she was capable of. This film while entertaining is strictly a testosterone affair.
The Irish In Us if it ever comes out on VHS and/or DVD should be seen back to back with Sing You Sinners if that ever comes out on VHS or DVD. You can't go wrong with either.
But they are a charming bunch even though Olivia DeHavilland comes between Cagney and O'Brien. As in the Crosby and Hope films, guess who she winds up with in the end?
Cagney's latest idea is to be a boxing promoter and he's got this punch drunk fighter played very endearingly by Allen Jenkins on whom he pins his hopes. Cagney's done a little boxing in the past himself, a fact that stands him in good stead at the climax.
This is the only time in the Cagney/O'Brien series of films that the two of them ever were blood relations and they even get Frank McHugh in there as well. Olivia DeHavilland has very little to do in this film, but sit around and look pretty. She does that very well, but it was films like this for her that made her fight for better parts that she knew she was capable of. This film while entertaining is strictly a testosterone affair.
The Irish In Us if it ever comes out on VHS and/or DVD should be seen back to back with Sing You Sinners if that ever comes out on VHS or DVD. You can't go wrong with either.
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- Dec 14, 2007
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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