The Rising of the Moon is a 1957 Irish anthology film directed by John Ford. It consists of three episodes all set in Ireland:"The Majesty of the Law", based on the short story of that title by Frank O'Connor in Bones of Contention "A Minute's Wait", based on a 1914 one-act comedy by Martin J. McHugh "1921", based on the play The Rising of the Moon by Lady Gregory.

John Joseph MacGowran was an Irish actor, known for being one of the foremost stage interpreters of the work of Samuel Beckett, as well as his film roles as Professor Abronsius in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Juniper in How I Won the War (1967), and Burke Dennings in The Exorcist (1973), in which MacGowran died during production.