The Legion Hall Bombing
1978The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this film was postponed by the BBC several times, and when it did finally air, it was shown with cuts; the writer, Caryl Churchill, and director, Roland Joffé, had their names removed from the credits in protest.
Acted in
Robert Kavanagh
as First Accused
May Ollis
as First Witness
Ewen White
as Prosecuting Counsel
David Kelly
as Judge
Niall Tóibín
as Defence Counsel
Shay Gorman
as Second Witness
James Duggan
as Third Witness/Bomb Expert
Jeananne Crowley
as Clerk of the Court
Jim Norton
as Detective Sergeant
Eamonn Boyce
as Detective Constable
Raymond Campbell
as Second Accused
George Shane
as Second Accused's Father