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The Quare Fellow (1962)
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Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined...
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Not much like the play
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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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The Condemned Man (International: English title) (literal title)
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First film of Aubrey Morris.
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I made the mistake of expecting this film to be pretty faithful to Brendan Behan's play. Instead the moviemakers added so much as to lose very much the play's essence. I gave the movie a 6, because what they did do was decent otherwise. But please, go watch the play live or else read it.