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‘The Playboys’

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Full of bawdy lyricism and rough-hewn wit, this 1992 Irish pastorale, set in 1957 and revolving around the interactions of a small town and a troupe of traveling players led by Aidan Quinn (pictured), is writer Shane (“My Left Foot”) Connaughton’s salute to his provincial roots. Directed on location by Gillies MacKinnon, it’s rich and charming--and stolen entirely by Albert Finney as the tormented town cop, burning for the woman (Robin Wright) who won’t have him (ABC early Monday at 12:05 a.m.).

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