Where to Watch Home Is the Hero (1961) Online

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Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Home Is the Hero' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Home Is the Hero' right now, here are some particulars about the Emmett Dalton Productions drama flick.

Released January 25th, 1961, 'Home Is the Hero' stars Walter Macken, Eileen Crowe, Arthur Kennedy, Joan O'Hara The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from knowledgeable users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "This well-acted drama about an Irishman just released from jail is filled with rich characterization. The story is adapted from a stage play by Walter Macken who also plays the role of the ex-convict Paddo in this screen version. Direction is by J. Fielder Cook. Once Paddo returns home after being sentenced to five years for killing a man, his old friends try to put him back in their niche of local hero but Paddo will have none of it. He is disillusioned and changed. His son Willie (Arthur Kennedy) walks with a limp that keeps him too self-conscious to assert himself as he would like with the young woman of his dreams. While other people come in and out of Paddo's life, from his taciturn friend the trapper to the local tinker, it is Paddo's son Willie suffering from his own disability who makes the difference in his father's life." .