The Outsider (1980)
2h 8m
Running Time
June 2, 1980Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Craig Wasson
Michael Flaherty
Sterling Hayden
Seamus Flaherty
Patricia Quinn
Siobhan
Niall O'Brien
Emmet Donovan
T. P. McKenna
John Russell
T.P. McKenna
John Russell
Niall Tóibín
The Farmer
Elizabeth Begley
Mrs Cochran
Frank Grimes
Tony Coyle
Bosco Hogan
Finbar Donovan
Ray McAnally
MacWhirter
J.G. Devlin
Sean Tweeny
Tony Luraschi
Director
Joe Dowling
Pat
Aiden Grennell
Hanlan
Joe McPartland
Joe McDermott
Philippe Modave
Producer
Des Cave
Kevin McCann
Ken Thorne
Composer
Joe Lynch
Sean Thompson
Ricardo Aronovich
Cinematographer
David Collings
Maj. Nigel Percival
Catherine Kelber
Editor
Allan Cuthbertson
Stanley
Geoffrey Palmer
Col. Wyndham
Paul Antrim
Father Jameson
Conal Kearney
Ted
Johnny Murphy
Mr Flynn
Des Nealon
Col. O'Darrell
Edward Byrne
IRA Council Member 1
Bill Foley
IRA Council Member 2
Martin Dempsey
Van Driver
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The Outsider is a 1979 film thriller set largely in Belfast during The Troubles; it was the first film directed by Italian-American Tony Luraschi. The film is based on the book The Heritage of Michael Flaherty by Colin Leinster, and details the fictional experience of an idealistic Irish-American who travels to Ireland and joins the IRA in the 1970s.