The Quare Fellow
02/10/1962
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.
Movie Information
Patrick McGoohan
as Thomas Crimmin
Sylvia Syms
as Kathleen
Walter Macken
as Regan
Dermot Kelly
as Donnelly
Jack Cunningham
as Chief Warder
Hilton Edwards
as Holy Healy
Philip O'Flynn
as Prison Governor
Leo McCabe
as Dr Flyn
Norman Rodway
as Lavery
Marie Kean
as Mrs. O'Hara
Pauline Delaney
as Mickser's Wife
Geoffrey Golden
as 1st Customs Official
Tom Irwin
as 2nd Customs Official
Joseph O'Donnell
as Poet
Agnes Bernelle
as Meg
Iris Lawler
as Minna
Dominic Roche
as Prison Chaplain
Brian Hewitt-Jones
as Jenkinson
Arthur O'Sullivan
as 'Himself' - The Hangman
Aubrey Morris
as Silvertop
Eamonn Brennan
as Flaherty
Robert Bernal
as Mickser
Gerry Alexander
as Kelly
T. P. McKenna
as Walsh
Harry Brogan
as Dunlavin
Eric Gorman
as Neighbour
James Caffrey
as O'Connor
John Cowley
as Cleary
John Welsh
as Carroll
Eddie Golden
as Reception Warder
David Kelly
as Reception Clerk
Frank O'Donovan
as Clancy
Desmond O'Neill
as O'Shaughnessy
Aiden Grennell
as Food Orderly
Derry Power
as Stretcher Bearer
Brendan Cauldwell
as Shamrock Attendant
Pat Layde
as 1st Publican
Marie Conmee
as Publican Woman
Michael C. Hennessy
as 2nd Publican
James Brennan
as Old Patriot
Ronnie Walsh
as Irate Citizen
Charlie Roberts
as Dock Worker
Marcella Grimes
as Charwoman
Celia Salkeld
as Lavery's Assistant
