The Quare Fellow

The Quare Fellow

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.

Cast for The Quare Fellow...

Patrick McGoohan
Thomas Crimmin
Sylvia Syms
Kathleen
Dermot Kelly
Donnelly
Jack Cunningham
Chief Warder
Hilton Edwards
Holy Healy
Philip O'Flynn
Prison Governor
Leo McCabe
Dr Flyn
Marie Kean
Mrs. O'Hara
Pauline Delaney
Mickser's Wife
Geoffrey Golden
1st Customs Official
Tom Irwin
2nd Customs Official
Dominic Roche
Prison Chaplain
Arthur O'Sullivan
'Himself' - The Hangman
Aubrey Morris
Silvertop
Harry Brogan
Dunlavin
Eric Gorman
Neighbour
John Welsh
Carroll
Eddie Golden
Reception Warder
David Kelly
Reception Clerk
Desmond O'Neill
O'Shaughnessy
Aiden Grennell
Food Orderly
Derry Power
Stretcher Bearer
Brendan Cauldwell
Shamrock Attendant
Pat Layde
1st Publican
Marie Conmee
Publican Woman
James Brennan
Old Patriot
Ronnie Walsh
Irate Citizen
Charlie Roberts
Dock Worker
Celia Salkeld
Lavery's Assistant