The Last Leprechaun

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The Last Leprechaun
Genre
  • Drama
  • fantasy
Written byPaul Matthews
Directed byDavid Lister
Starring
Music byNeill Solomon
Country of originUnited Kingdom / South Africa
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersPaul Matthews
Elizabeth Matthews
Production locationsAround Johannesburg, South Africa[1]
CinematographyVincent G. Cox
EditorErica Luttich
Running time93 minutes
Production companyPeakviewing[2]
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release27 October 1998 (1998-10-27)

The Last Leprechaun is a BBC-broadcast television fantasy film of 1998, directed by David Lister and starring Veronica Hamel, Jack Scalia, and Mick Walter.

Plot[edit]

Tommy and Ethel Barridge, the children of multi-millionaire American businessman Henry Barridge, go to Ireland to spend the summer holidays with Laura Duvann, who is engaged to marry their father. However, they find out she is a wicked banshee with strong black magic powers who does not wish them well. Laura is busy cutting down trees on her estate and is also planning the destruction of the last king of the little people, or leprechauns. Tommy and Ethel take his side against their wicked future stepmother.

Cast[edit]

  • Veronica Hamel as Laura Duvann[1]
  • Jack Scalia as Henry Barridge[1]
  • Brittney Bomann as Ethel Barridge
  • Andrew J. Ferchland as Tommy Barridge
  • David Warner as Simpson, Laura Duvann's Butler
  • Mick Walter as Finn Regan McCool, The Leprechaun[1]
  • Victor Melleney as Farmer Ned
  • Douglas Bristow as Sam
  • Jocelyn Broderick as Mary, Laura Duvann's Cook
  • Wilson Dunster as Foreman
  • Anthony Bishop as Logger
  • Nicky Rebelo as Kim
  • Alessandra Bowles as Being

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Africa Film and TV Yearbook (Z Promotions, 1998), p. 18
  2. ^ Martin Botha, South African Cinema 1896–2010, p. 171