
Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant to America, finds work in a carnival and is thus able to send her son Brian to a fine school. But when her position is found out, the school expels Brian. Mrs. McHugh feels compelled to allow the school principal and his wife to adopt Brian. The widow McHugh becomes a housekeeper and raises her employer's daughter Edith, who grows up to fall in love with Brian McHugh.
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Belle Bennett as Mother Machree

Victor McLaglen as The Giant of Kilkenny

Philippe De Lacy as Brian - Child

Ted McNamara as The Harper of Wexford

Billy Platt as The Dwarf of Munster

Eulalie Jensen as Miss Van Studdiford

Constance Howard as Mrs. Cutting

Pat Somerset as Bobby De Puyster

Neil Hamilton as Brian

Aggie Herring as Sideshow Woman Asking About Legs (uncredited)

John Wayne as
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