The Blackwater Lightship (film)

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| creator =

| screenplay = Shane Connaughton

| based_on = {{Based on|The Blackwater Lightship|Colm Tóibín}}

| director = John Erman

| starring = Dianne Wiest
Gina McKee
Keith McErlean
Sean Campion
Brían F. O'Byrne
Angela Lansbury

| music = John Morris

| country = United States

| language = English

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| producer = John Erman
Heather Ogilvie
Brent Shields
Richard Welsh

| editor = Bill Henry

| cinematography = Tony Imi

| runtime = 98 minutes

| company = Hallmark Hall of Fame

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| network = CBS

| released = {{Start date|2004|02|04}}

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The Blackwater Lightship is a 2004 Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television drama film adaptation of the novel The Blackwater Lightship by acclaimed Irish author Colm Tóibín. It aired on CBS on February 4, 2004. The movie stars Angela Lansbury, Gina McKee, Sean Campion, Dianne Wiest, and Keith McErlean. Lansbury received an Emmy nomination for it in 2004.{{cite web |title=The Blackwater Lightship (Hallmark Hall Of Fame Pr |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/blackwater-lightship-hallmark-hall-fame-pr |website=Television Academy |accessdate=29 December 2018 |language=en}}

==Cast==

• Dianne Wiest as Lily Devereux Breen
• Gina McKee as Helen Breen O'Doherty
• Keith McErlean as Declan Breen
• Angela Lansbury as Dora Devereux
• Marijka Bardin as Young Helen Breen
• Sean Campion as Michael Breen
• Barry Cassin as Fr. Griffin
• Angela Harding as Mrs. Byrne
• Laura Hughes as Anne
• Ruth McCabe as Dr. Louise
• Frank McCusker as Harry
• Maria McDermottroe as Madge Kehoe
• Dearbhla Molloy as Essie Kehoe
• Brían F. O'Byrne as Larry
• Kevin O'Dwyer as Young Declan Breen
• David Parnell as Dr. Kerwin
• Sam Robards as Paul
• Macdara Ó Fátharta (billed as Macdara O'Fatharta) as Grandad