The Outsider

The Outsider

128 mins | Drama | June 2, 1980

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.

The Outsider

128 mins | Drama | June 2, 1980

The Outsider
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers
Original title The Outsider
Directors Tony Luraschi
Writers Tony Luraschi

Cast

Craig Wasson

as Michael Flaherty

Sterling Hayden

as Seamus Flaherty

Patricia Quinn

as Siobhan

Niall O'Brien

as Emmett Donovan

T. P. McKenna

as John Russell

Niall Tóibín

as The Farmer

Frank Grimes

as Tony Coyle

Elizabeth Begley

as Mrs Cochran

Bosco Hogan

as Finbar Donovan

Ray McAnally

as MacWhirter

J.G. Devlin

as Sean Tweeny

Joe Dowling

as Pat

Aiden Grennell

as Hanlan

Joe McPartland

as Joe McDermott

Des Cave

as Kevin McCann

Joe Lynch

as Sean Thompson

David Collings

as Maj. Nigel Percival

Allan Cuthbertson

as Stanley

Geoffrey Palmer

as Col. Wyndham

Paul Antrim

as Father Jameson

Conal Kearney

as Ted

Johnny Murphy

as Mr Flynn

Des Nealon

as Col. O'Darrell

Edward Byrne

as IRA Council Member 1

Bill Foley

as IRA Council Member 2

Martin Dempsey

as Van Driver

Pat Leavy

as Mary Russell

Derek Young

as UDR Sergeant

Charles Mitchell

as Newscaster 1

Jimmy Greeley

as Newscaster 2

Tony Phipps

as Ivor

Martin Short

as Boy Leader

Annie D'Alton

as Granny

Derek Lord

as Farmer's 1st Man

Gerry Alexander

as Tough British Sergeant

Emmet Bergin

as Special Branch Officer

Avril Gentles

as Mrs Flaherty

John Seitz

as Mr Flaherty

John Paul Leeming

as Michael - aged 11

Gabriel Byrne

as Man in Street