The Quare Fellow

The Quare Fellow (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.

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  • Release Date: 1962-10-02
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Director: Arthur Dreifuss

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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

    'Himself' - The Hangman

  • Aubrey Morris

    Silvertop

  • Eamonn Brennan

    Flaherty

  • Robert Bernal

    Mickser

  • Gerry Alexander

    Kelly

  • T. P. McKenna

    Walsh

  • Harry Brogan

    Dunlavin

  • Eric Gorman

    Neighbour

  • James Caffrey

    O'Connor

  • John Cowley

    Cleary

  • John Welsh

    Carroll

  • Eddie Golden

    Reception Warder

  • David Kelly

    Reception Clerk

  • Frank O'Donovan

    Clancy

  • Desmond O'Neill

    O'Shaughnessy

  • Aiden Grennell

    Food Orderly

  • Derry Power

    Stretcher Bearer

  • Brendan Cauldwell

    Shamrock Attendant

  • 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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