The Outsider
1980Michael 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.
Acted in
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
Patricia Alice Albrecht
as Ginny
Avril Gentles
as Mrs Flaherty
John Seitz
as Mr Flaherty
John Paul Leeming
as Michael - aged 11
Gabriel Byrne
as Man in Street