An 18th-century Irish fortune hunter kills a British officer in a duel, and ends up serving in the Seven Years' War, being recruited as a spy. He later controversially marries into the aristocracy - to the outrage of his wife's jealous son. Stanley Kubrick's period drama based on William Makepeace Thackeray's novel, starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee and Steven Berkoff.

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.