The Last Leprechaun

The Last Leprechaun
Genre	Drama fantasy
Written by	Paul Matthews
Directed by	David Lister
Starring	Veronica Hamel Jack Scalia Mick Walter
Music by	Neill Solomon
Country of origin	United Kingdom / South Africa
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Paul Matthews Elizabeth Matthews
Production locations	Around Johannesburg, South Africa [1]
Cinematography	Vincent G. Cox
Editor	Erica Luttich
Running time	93 minutes
Production company	Peakviewing [2]
Budget	$3.5 million [3]
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	27 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

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

• 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

1. Africa Film and TV Yearbook (Z Promotions, 1998), p. 18
2. Martin Botha, South African Cinema 1896–2010, p. 171
3. "Peakviewing Transatlantic PLC". MIPCOM 2001 Product Guide. MIPCOM. 2001. Retrieved 1 October 2024.