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](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8549-craig-wasson.webp)
Craig Wasson
Michael Flaherty
![Sterling Hayden](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6-sterling-hayden.webp)
Sterling Hayden
Seamus Flaherty
![Patricia Quinn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2823-patricia-quinn.webp)
Patricia Quinn
Siobhan
![Niall O'Brien](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Niall O'Brien
Emmet Donovan
![T. P. McKenna](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48945-t-p-mckenna.webp)
T. P. McKenna
John Russell
![T.P.](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1773421-t-p-mckenna.webp)
T.P.
John Russell
![Niall Tóibín](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/54445-niall-toibin.webp)
Niall Tóibín
The Farmer
![Frank Grimes](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/435752-frank-grimes.webp)
Frank Grimes
Tony Coyle
![Elizabeth Begley](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Elizabeth Begley
Mrs Cochran
![Bosco Hogan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/43277-bosco-hogan.webp)
Bosco Hogan
Finbar Donovan
![J.G. Devlin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/61712-j-g-devlin.webp)
J.G. Devlin
Sean Tweeny
![Ray McAnally](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/51250-ray-mcanally.webp)
Ray McAnally
MacWhirter
![Joe Dowling](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joe Dowling
Pat
![Tony Luraschi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tony Luraschi
Director
![Aiden Grennell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Aiden Grennell
Hanlan
![Joe McPartland](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joe McPartland
Joe McDermott
![Des Cave](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Des Cave
Kevin McCann
![Philippe Modave](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Philippe Modave
Producer
![Ken Thorne](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1115713-ken-thorne.webp)
Ken Thorne
Composer
![Joe Lynch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/170407-joe-lynch.webp)
Joe Lynch
Sean Thompson
![Ricardo Aronovich](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/184543-ricardo-aronovich.webp)
Ricardo Aronovich
Cinematographer
![David Collings](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47364-david-collings.webp)
David Collings
Maj. Nigel Percival
![Catherine Kelber](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/280873-catherine-kelber.webp)
Catherine Kelber
Editor
![Allan Cuthbertson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/49964-allan-cuthbertson.webp)
Allan Cuthbertson
Stanley
![Geoffrey Palmer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6286-geoffrey-palmer.webp)
Geoffrey Palmer
Col. Wyndham
![Paul Antrim](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Paul Antrim
Father Jameson
![Conal Kearney](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Conal Kearney
Ted
![Johnny Murphy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5639-johnny-murphy.webp)
Johnny Murphy
Mr Flynn
![Des Nealon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Des Nealon
Col. O'Darrell
![Edward Byrne](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Edward Byrne
IRA Council Member 1
![Bill Foley](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bill Foley
IRA Council Member 2
![Martin Dempsey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Martin Dempsey
Van Driver
Media.
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Details.
Release DateJune 2, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Content RatingR
Genres
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Wiki.
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.