A Touch of the Poet

A Touch of the Poet

142 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 2, 1974

Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.

A Touch of the Poet

142 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 2, 1974

A Touch of the Poet
Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.
Producers
Original title A Touch of the Poet
Directors Stephen Porter, Kirk Browning
Writers Eugene O'Neill

Cast

Donald Moffat

as Jamie Cregan

Robert Phalen

as Mickey Maloy

Roberta Maxwell

as Sara Melody

Nancy Marchand

as Nora Melody

Fritz Weaver

as Cornelius Melody

Tom Clancy

as Dan Roche

John Heffernan

as Paddy O'Dowd

Howland Chamberlain

as Patch Riley

Carrie Nye

as Deborah Harford

Humphrey Davis

as Nicholas Gadsby