The Quare Fellow

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.

Details

Cast

Patrick McGoohan

Thomas Crimmin

Sylvia Syms

Kathleen

Walter Macken

Regan

Dermot Kelly

Donnelly

Jack Cunningham

Chief Warder

Hilton Edwards

Holy Healy

Philip O'Flynn

Prison Governor

Leo McCabe

Dr Flyn

Norman Rodway

Lavery

Marie Kean

Mrs. O'Hara

Pauline Delaney

Mickser's Wife

Geoffrey Golden

1st Customs Official

Tom Irwin

2nd Customs Official

Joseph O'Donnell

Poet

Agnes Bernelle

Meg

Iris Lawler

Minna

Dominic Roche

Prison Chaplain

Brian Hewitt-Jones

Jenkinson

Arthur O'Sullivan

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Aubrey Morris

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