Jacqueline

Jacqueline

89 mins | Drama | June 4, 1956

Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from his job, he finds solace in the bottle. All seems hopeless until Jacqueline breaks through her father's self-imposed gloom and helps him to regenerate. An adaptation of the novel 'A Grand Man', by Catherine Cookson.

Jacqueline

89 mins | Drama | June 4, 1956

Jacqueline
Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from his job, he finds solace in the bottle. All seems hopeless until Jacqueline breaks through her father's self-imposed gloom and helps him to regenerate. An adaptation of the novel 'A Grand Man', by Catherine Cookson.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers George H. Brown Productions
Original title Jacqueline
Directors Roy Ward Baker
Writers Liam O'Flaherty, Patrick Kirwan, Catherine Cookson

Cast

John Gregson

as Mike McNeil

Kathleen Ryan

as Elizabeth McNeil

Jacqueline Ryan

as Jacqueline McNeil

Liam Redmond

as Peter Lord

Cyril Cusack

as John Flannagan

Marie Kean

as Mrs. Flannagan

Noel Purcell

as Mr. Owen, the Parson

Maureen Delaney

as Mrs. McBride

Josephine Fitzgerald

as Mrs. McMullen

Richard O'Sullivan

as Michael McNeil, Jacqueline's Brother

Rita Begley

as Sara Flannagan

Tony Wright

as Jack McBride

Maureen Swanson

as Maggie Flannagan

Jack MacGowran

as Campbell

Harold Goldblatt

as Schoolmaster

Barry Keegan

as Bob Quinton

Christopher Steele

as Mr. Pike, the Organist

J.G. Devlin

as Baxter