About The Outsider
- Released on June 02, 1980
- Drama
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he's the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.
Full Cast of The Outsider
Craig Wasson
plays Michael Flaherty
Sterling Hayden
plays Seamus Flaherty
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plays Siobhan
Niall O'Brien
plays Emmett Donovan
T. P. McKenna
plays John Russell
Niall Tóibín
plays The Farmer
Frank Grimes
plays Tony Coyle
Elizabeth Begley
plays Mrs Cochran
Bosco Hogan
plays Finbar Donovan
Ray McAnally
plays MacWhirter
J.G. Devlin
plays Sean Tweeny
Aiden Grennell
plays Hanlan
Joe McPartland
plays Joe McDermott
Des Cave
plays Kevin McCann
Joe Lynch
plays Sean Thompson
David Collings
plays Maj. Nigel Percival
Allan Cuthbertson
plays Stanley
Geoffrey Palmer
plays Col. Wyndham
Paul Antrim
plays Father Jameson
Johnny Murphy
plays Mr Flynn
Des Nealon
plays Col. O'Darrell
Edward Byrne
plays IRA Council Member 1
Bill Foley
plays IRA Council Member 2
Martin Dempsey
plays Van Driver
Pat Leavy
plays Mary Russell
Derek Young
plays UDR Sergeant
Charles Mitchell
plays Newscaster 1
Jimmy Greeley
plays Newscaster 2
Martin Short
plays Boy Leader
Annie D'Alton
plays Granny
Derek Lord
plays Farmer's 1st Man
Gerry Alexander
plays Tough British Sergeant
Emmet Bergin
plays Special Branch Officer
Patricia Alice Albrecht
plays Ginny
Avril Gentles
plays Mrs Flaherty
John Seitz
plays Mr Flaherty
John Paul Leeming
plays Michael - aged 11
Gabriel Byrne
plays Man in Street
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