Cry of the Innocent

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| genre = Action
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller

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| screenplay = Sidney Michaels

| story = Frederick Forsyth

| director = Michael O'Herlihy

| starring = Rod Taylor
Joanna Pettet
Nigel Davenport

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| theme_music_composer = Allyn Ferguson

| country = Ireland
United States

| language = English

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| executive_producer = Theodore P. Donahue
Morgan O'Sullivan

| producer = Michael O'Herlihy

| editor = Fred A. Chulack

| cinematography = Robert L. Morrison

| location = Ireland

| runtime = 93 minutes

| company = NBC Film
Tara Films
Tara Productions

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| network = NBC

| released = {{Start date|1980|06|19}}

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Cry of the Innocent is a 1980 American-Irish television film directed by Michael O'Herlihy and starring Rod Taylor, Joanna Pettet and Nigel Davenport.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/179285 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113232442/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/179285 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-13 |title=Cry of the Innocent (1980) |website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2015-07-02 |accessdate=2015-11-30}} It was based on a story by Frederick Forsyth.

Plot

An American insurance executive seeks vengeance for the death of his wife and child in Ireland.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Ireland on a budget of one million dollars, financed by NBC. There were plans for a sequel but these did not eventuate.Stephen Vagg, Rod Taylor: an Aussie in Hollywood (Bear Manor Media, 2010) pp. 188-190

Public domain

This movie is in the public domain.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

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