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
- Rod Taylor ... Steve Donegin
- Joanna Pettet ... Cynthia Donegin / Candia Leighton
- Nigel Davenport ... Gray Harrison Hunt
- Cyril Cusack ... Detective Inspector Tom Moloney
- Walter Gotell ... Jack Brewster
- Jim Norton ... Jasper Tooms
- Alexander Knox ... Thornton Donegin
- Joe Cahill ... Fritz Grossman
- May Ollis ... Martha
- Bairbre Dowling ... Maureen
- Des Cave ... Supt. Flannagan
- Ronnie Walsh ... Pete Medwin
- Tom Jordan ... Buck Haggerty
- John Franklyn ... Capo
- Des Nealon ... Tooms #2
- Michael O'Sullivan ... Young Garda Officer Gordon
- James N. Healy ... Garda sergeant
- Fidelma Murphy ... Lady clerk
- Maire O'Neill ... Hotel manageress
- Philip Bollard ... Steven Donegin Jr.
- Alison McCormack ... Melody Donegin
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}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0080573}}
{{Frederick Forsyth}}
Category:American television films
Category:1980 television films
Category:Films directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Category:1980s English-language films
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