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The Quare Fellow
1962, Oct 02
1h 25m
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.
Directed by
Arthur Dreifuss
Patrick McGoohan
Thomas Crimmin
David Kelly
Reception Clerk
T. P. McKenna
Walsh
Marie Kean
Mrs. O'Hara
Sylvia Syms
Kathleen
John Welsh
Carroll
Pauline Delaney
Mickser's Wife
Agnes Bernelle
Meg
Jack Cunningham
Chief Warder
Norman Rodway
Lavery
Harry Brogan
Dunlavin
Brendan Cauldwell
Shamrock Attendant
Hilton Edwards
Holy Healy
Dermot Kelly
Donnelly
Philip O'Flynn
Prison Governor
Leo McCabe
Dr Flyn
Geoffrey Golden
1st Customs Official
Tom Irwin
2nd Customs Official
Joseph O'Donnell
Poet
Iris Lawler
Minna
Brian Hewitt-Jones
Jenkinson
Arthur O'Sullivan
'Himself' - The Hangman
Aubrey Morris
Silvertop
Eamonn Brennan
Flaherty
Robert Bernal
Mickser
Gerry Alexander
Kelly
Eric Gorman
Neighbour
James Caffrey
O'Connor
John Cowley
Cleary
Eddie Golden
Reception Warder
Frank O'Donovan
Clancy
Desmond O'Neill
O'Shaughnessy
Aiden Grennell
Food Orderly
Derry Power
Stretcher Bearer
Pat Layde
1st Publican
Marie Conmee
Publican Woman
Michael C. Hennessy
2nd Publican
James Brennan
Old Patriot
Ronnie Walsh
Irate Citizen
Charlie Roberts
Dock Worker
Marcella Grimes
Charwoman
Celia Salkeld
Lavery's Assistant
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