The Outsider(1979)
movie - first aired/released 1979-11-26 - 128 min - audience 5.8
Drama, History
Directed by Tony Luraschi
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he's the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.
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Cast
Craig WassonMichael Flaherty
Sterling HaydenSeamus Flaherty
Patricia QuinnSiobhan- Niall O'BrienEmmett Donovan
T. P. McKennaJohn Russell
Niall TóibínThe Farmer
Frank GrimesTony Coyle- Elizabeth BegleyMrs Cochran
Bosco HoganFinbar Donovan
Ray McAnallyMacWhirter
J.G. DevlinSean Tweeny- Joe DowlingPat
- Aiden GrennellHanlan
- Joe McPartlandJoe McDermott
- Des CaveKevin McCann
Joe LynchSean Thompson
David CollingsMaj. Nigel Percival
Allan CuthbertsonStanley
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Geoffrey PalmerCol. Wyndham- Paul AntrimFather Jameson
- Conal KearneyTed
Johnny MurphyMr Flynn
Des NealonCol. O'Darrell- Edward ByrneIRA Council Member 1
- Bill FoleyIRA Council Member 2
- Martin DempseyVan Driver
Pat LeavyMary Russell- Derek YoungUDR Sergeant
- Charles MitchellNewscaster 1
- Jimmy GreeleyNewscaster 2
- Tony PhippsIvor
- Martin ShortBoy Leader
- Annie D'AltonGranny
Derek LordFarmer's 1st Man- Gerry AlexanderTough British Sergeant
- Emmet BerginSpecial Branch Officer
Patricia Alice AlbrechtGinny- Avril GentlesMrs Flaherty
John SeitzMr Flaherty- John Paul LeemingMichael - aged 11
Gabriel ByrneMan in Street- Paul MarkeyStreet Kid
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