Fools of Fortune (1990)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Iain Glen	...	Willie Quinton
	Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	...	Marianne
	Sean T. McClory	...	Young Willie Quinton
	Frankie McCafferty	...	Tim Paddy
	Niamh Cusack	...	Josephine
	Ronnie Masterson	...	Mrs. Flynn
	Tom Hickey	...	Father Kilgarrif
	Julie Christie	...	Mrs. Quinton
	Hazel Flanagan	...	Geraldine
	Amy Joyce Hastings	...	Deirdre (as Amy Hastings)
	Michael Kitchen	...	Mr. Quinton
	Mick Lally	...	Mr. Derenzy
	John Kavanagh	...	Johnny Lacy
	P.G. Brady	...	Thin Man
	Jimmy Keogh	...	O'Neill

Storyline

Ireland, in the early 1920's. The Quintons, a Protestant family, live peacefully on their beautiful Kilneagh estate. Mr. Quinton, a righteous man, is respected by all but one day one of his workers, is murdered by the Republicans on suspicion of spying for the British forces. The Quintons are held responsible and reprisals soon ensue. The Black and Tans ransack the house and kill everybody except Mrs Quinton, her eight-year-old son Willie and the maid. Willie grows up and becomes a withdrawn, angry young man who supports, as best as he can, his poor mother now alcoholic and depressive. He has never forgotten cruel Sergeant Rudkin, the one that murdered his father before his eyes. Life somewhat improves when he meets again and falls in love with Marianne, his childhood friend, in whose arms he tries to forget his painful past. However when his mother kills herself, his hunger for vengeance resurfaces and he disappears from Marianne's life... Written by Guy Bellinger  

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