Fugitive

Fugitive

70 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 5, 1974

After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order. Author Sean Walsh fled the Franciscan order to become first a journalist, then a playwright and is now a radio drama producer in Ireland.

Fugitive

70 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 5, 1974

Fugitive
After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order. Author Sean Walsh fled the Franciscan order to become first a journalist, then a playwright and is now a radio drama producer in Ireland.
Producers
Original title Fugitive
Directors Peter Gill
Writers Sean Walsh

Cast

Stephen Rea

as Peter

Eve Belton

as Claire

Paul Farrell

as Fr. Provincial

Bosco Hogan

as Noel

Liam Redmond

as Giles

David Kelly

as Mark

Seamus Healy

as Paul

Vass Anderson

as Malachy

Alan Barry

as John

Ian Cunningham

as Benedict

Harry Webster

as Eugene

Cecil Sheridan

as Philip

Betty Romaine

as Mother

Eamonn Boyce

as Dubliner

Joan Campbell

as Dubliner

Chris Gannon

as Dubliner

Doreen Keogh

as Dubliner

Shay Gorman

as Dubliner

Olivia Shanley

as Dubliner