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The Quare Fellow (1962)
Directed by Arthur Dreifuss
Overview
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.
Length 85 minutes
Actors
Patrick McGoohan | Sylvia Syms | Walter Macken | Dermot Kelly | Jack Cunningham | Hilton Edwards | Philip O'Flynn | Leo McCabe | Norman Rodway | Marie Kean | Pauline Delaney | Geoffrey Golden | Tom Irwin | Joseph O'Donnell | Agnes Bernelle | Iris Lawler | Dominic Roche | Brian Hewitt-Jones | Arthur O'Sullivan | Aubrey Morris | Eamonn Brennan | Robert Bernal | Gerry Alexander | T. P. McKenna | Harry Brogan | Eric Gorman | James Caffrey | John Cowley | John Welsh | Eddie Golden | David Kelly | Frank O'Donovan | Desmond O'Neill | Aiden Grennell | Derry Power | Brendan Cauldwell | Pat Layde | Marie Conmee | Michael C. Hennessy | James Brennan | Ronnie Walsh | Charlie Roberts | Marcella Grimes | Celia Salkeld