The Playboy of the Western World is a 1962 film version of the 1907 play written by John Millington Synge.

It was directed and co-written by Brian Desmond Hurst and stars Gary Raymond and Siobhán McKenna.

A young man from a far away village appears in County Mayo announcing to all and sundry that he has murdered his father with a blow to the head.

With the tale growing in the telling, the young man becomes a local hero, until his angry father comes to fetch him home.

[2] The release includes an image gallery, a trailer, and an interview with Gary Raymond recorded in March 2021.