[An] overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall stories, fantasy and romance.

For those of a sentimental turn, there is the delight of watching young Connery romancing the ineffably wholesome Janet Munro, a couple of years before things turned nasty for Commander Bond at Crab Key with the somewhat more knowing Ursula Andress.

No one believes a man known for spinning tales full of blarney when he indeed befriends the king of the leprechauns.

The picture takes an inordinate amount of time getting started but once underway it displays a flair for the unexpected, the imaginative and the madly logical that all good fairy stories should have.