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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.
Theatrical
Feb 19, 1963
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 9, 2008
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Studio
Liger Films
Cast
Full credits →P
Patrick McGoohan
Thomas Crimmin
S
Sylvia Syms
Kathleen
D
Dermot Kelly
Donnelly
J
Jack Cunningham
Chief Warder
H
Hilton Edwards
Holy Healy
P
Philip O'Flynn
Prison Governor
L
Leo McCabe
Dr Flyn
N
Norman Rodway
Lavery
M
Marie Kean
Mrs. O'Hara
P
Pauline Delaney
Mickser's Wife
G
Geoffrey Golden
1st Customs Official
T
Tom Irwin
2nd Customs Official
A
Agnes Bernelle
Meg
D
Dominic Roche
Prison Chaplain
B
Brian Hewitt-Jones
Jenkinson
A
Arthur O'Sullivan
'Himself' - The Hangman
A
Aubrey Morris
Silvertop
R
Robert Bernal
Mickser
G
Gerry Alexander
Kelly
T
T. P. McKenna
Walsh
