The Quare Fellow (1962)

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85 min - Drama

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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... See full summary »

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	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	...	Doctor Flyn
	Norman Rodway	...	Lavery
	Marie Kean	...	Mrs. O'Hara
	Pauline Delaney	...	Mickser's wife (as Pauline Delany)
	Geoffrey Golden	...	1st Customs Officer (as Geoff Golden)
	Tom Irwin	...	2nd Customs Officer
	Joseph O'Donnell	...	Poet
	Agnes Bernelle	...	Meg

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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. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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