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The Quare Fellow( 1962)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Patrick McGoohan

      Thomas Crimmin

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      Sylvia Syms

      Kathleen

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      Walter Macken

      Regan

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      Dermot Kelly

      Donnelly

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      Jack Cunningham

      Chief Warder

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      Hilton Edwards

      Holy Healy

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      Philip O'Flynn

      Prison Governor

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      Leo McCabe

      Dr Flyn

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      Norman Rodway

      Lavery

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      Marie Kean

      Mrs. O'Hara

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      Pauline Delaney

      Mickser's Wife

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      Geoffrey Golden

      1st Customs Official

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      Tom Irwin

      2nd Customs Official

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      Joseph O'Donnell

      Poet

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      Agnes Bernelle

      Meg

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      Iris Lawler

      Minna

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      Dominic Roche

      Prison Chaplain

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      Brian Hewitt-Jones

      Jenkinson

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      Arthur O'Sullivan

      'Himself' - The Hangman

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      Aubrey Morris

      Silvertop

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      Eamonn Brennan

      Flaherty

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      Robert Bernal

      Mickser

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      Gerry Alexander

      Kelly

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      T. P. McKenna

      Walsh

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      Harry Brogan

      Dunlavin

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      Eric Gorman

      Neighbour

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      James Caffrey

      O'Connor

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      John Cowley

      Cleary

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      John Welsh

      Carroll

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      Eddie Golden

      Reception Warder

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      David Kelly

      Reception Clerk

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      Frank O'Donovan

      Clancy

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      Desmond O'Neill

      O'Shaughnessy

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      Aiden Grennell

      Food Orderly

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      Derry Power

      Stretcher Bearer

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      Brendan Cauldwell

      Shamrock Attendant

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      Pat Layde

      1st Publican

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      Marie Conmee

      Publican Woman

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      Michael C. Hennessy

      2nd Publican

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      James Brennan

      Old Patriot

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      Ronnie Walsh

      Irate Citizen

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      Charlie Roberts

      Dock Worker

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      Marcella Grimes

      Charwoman

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      Celia Salkeld

      Lavery's Assistant

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    6.5
    Written by John Chard on Tue Apr 07 2015
    Condemned men, strange? The Quare Fellow is directed by Arthur Dreifuss who along with Jacqueline Sundstrom co-adapts the screenplay from the Brendan Behan play. It stars Patrick McGoohan, Sylvia Syms, Walter Macken and Dermot Kelly. Music is by Alexander Faris and cinematography by Peter Hennessy. Thomas Crimmin (McGoohan) begins new employment at a Dublin jail firmly believing in the benefits of the death penalty. Not everyone of his colleagues feels the same, though, and as Crimmin works through his time and gets close to the wife of a condemned man, his beliefs are splintered. The ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • prison
    • infidelity
    • based on play or musical
    • capital punishment
    • ireland
    • gay theme