No Resting Place is a 1951 British motion picture directed by Paul Rotha, produced by Colin Lesslie Productions, and starring Michael Gough, based on Ian Niall's 1948 novel.
It is noteworthy for its early use of location shooting[1] and for bringing the acting style of Dublin's Abbey Theatre to the screen,[2] as well as being the fiction feature debut of director Paul Rotha and cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky.
[1] It is regarded by some critics as part of an Abbey school of filmmaking that aimed to mimic the realism of contemporary mainland-European film.
Ian Johnson praises moments of touching emotional clarity but criticises "inept scripting" and a poor ending, probably imposed by censors.
[1] Monthly Film Bulletin praised the authenticity of its depiction of tinker life, while finding the figure of the pursuing civil guard Mannigan to be less convincing.