The Quare Fellow

The Quare Fellow (1962)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1962-10-02
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 9 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Liger Films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Arthur Dreifuss
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Summary

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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  • 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
Writing Arthur Dreifuss Adaptation
Writing Brendan Behan Author
Writing Arthur Dreifuss Screenplay
Production Anthony Havelock-Allan Producer
Sound Alexander Faris Original Music Composer
Directing Arthur Dreifuss Director
Editing Gitta Zadek Editor
Writing Jacqueline Sundstrom Adaptation
Art Edward Marshall Art Direction
Camera Peter Hennessy Director of Photography