(83 mins, U)
Directed by John Huston; starring Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Cathleen Delany, Marie Kean

John Huston began his directorial career in 1941 with a well-nigh perfect adaptation of a minor classic, Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, and ended in 1987 with a well-nigh perfect adaptation of a major classic, James Joyce's The Dead. The former will appear in a special DVD version in February, a new print of the latter is back in cinemas, and both are being shown in the NFT's Huston series. Entirely filmed in a Californian warehouse, The Dead features the greatest Irish cast ever assembled on screen.