Three Wishes for Jamie

Three Wishes for Jamie

97 mins | Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie | March 9, 1987

Adapted from Charles O'Neal's 1949 book, this follows the lighthearted adventures of a late 19th Century young man named Jamie McGrew, the three wishes granted to him in a dream by a fairy queen, and the unusual way they come true. His first is for travel (he goes from Ireland to a life of horse trading in Georgia); his second, to marry the girl of his dreams; the third, a son with the gift of poetry and the ability to speak in the ancient Gaelic tongue.

Three Wishes for Jamie

97 mins | Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie | March 9, 1987

Three Wishes for Jamie
Adapted from Charles O'Neal's 1949 book, this follows the lighthearted adventures of a late 19th Century young man named Jamie McGrew, the three wishes granted to him in a dream by a fairy queen, and the unusual way they come true. His first is for travel (he goes from Ireland to a life of horse trading in Georgia); his second, to marry the girl of his dreams; the third, a son with the gift of poetry and the ability to speak in the ancient Gaelic tongue.
Producers Columbia Pictures Television, HTV, Hill-St. Johns Films
Original title Three Wishes for Jamie
Directors Robert Young
Writers Lawrence Roman

Cast

Jack Warden

as Owen Tavish

Stevan Rimkus

as Jamie McGrew

Anna Livia Ryan

as Maeve Harrigan

David Healy

as Father Kerry

Peter Marinker

as Standish Bunn

Ed Bishop

as Proddy

Benjie Lawrence

as Kevin Shiel Callahan McGrew

Liam O'Callaghan

as Shiel Harrigan

Barry Lynch

as Dennis McGrew

Derry Power

as Dan McGrew

Marie Conmee

as Aunt Bid

Gillian Hackett

as Kate McGrew

Fiona MacAnna

as Tess Shanahan

Catherine Roman

as Doreen

Dan Foley

as Tim Shanahan

Pat Roche

as Me-Patrick

Stuart Milligan

as Big Tom

Frank Melia

as Shanahan Brother

David Nolan

as Shanahan Brother

Frank O'Sullivan

as Shanahan Brother

James Bartley

as Shanahan Brother

Steve Ryan

as Shanahan Brother

Derek Halligan

as Shanahan Brother

Roman Wilmot

as Paddy O'Dowd

Niall MacAnna

as Waddie O'Dowd

Fintan McKeown

as Priest / Narrator

Billy J. Mitchell

as Floyd Talbot

Bruce Boa

as Sheriff Jack Haynes

Philipp Dettmer

as Sean