The Hands of Cormac Joyce

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| director = Fielder Cook

| producer = Fred L Engel

| writer = Thomas Rickman

| based_on = {{Based on|The Hands of Cormac Joyce|Leonard Wibberley}}

| starring = Stephen Boyd
Colleen Dewhurst
Cyril Cusack
Dominic Guard
Enid Lorimer

| music =

| cinematography = John R. McLean

| editor = Mervin Lloyd

| company = Crawford Productions
Hallmark Hall of Fame

| released = {{Start date|1972}}

| runtime = 72 mins

| country = Australia
United States

| language = English

| budget =

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The Hands of Cormac Joyce is a 1972 made-for-television movie (Hallmark Hall of Fame) directed by Fielder Cook.

Plot

A proud fisherman off the Irish Coast fights to save his land from an approaching storm as other villagers evacuate to the mainland.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p76

Cast

Stephen Boyd as Cormac Joyce
Colleen Dewhurst as Molly Joyce
Dominic Guard as Jackie Joyce
Deryck Barnes as Pat Coneeley
Cyril Cusack as Mr. Reece
Enid Lorimer as Mrs. Reece
Lynette Floyd as Elis Coneeley
Marshall Crosby as Tigue Coneeley

Production

The film was a U.S.-Australian co-production. It was shot in Australia with Phillip Island substituting for Aran Island.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19730628&id=9chUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6882,7075788 "Cormac Joyce Casts a Shadow", The Age - 28 Jun 1973] accessed 7 July 2013 Many of the crew had worked on the TV show Homicide, but some of them had to be replaced during the shoot as it was realised they did not have the experience to make a 35mm film shot on location.Sue Milliken, Selective Memory: A Life in Film, Hybrid 2013 p 47-48

References

External links

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Category:Australian drama television films

Category:1972 television films

Category:1972 films

Category:1970s English-language films

Category:Films directed by Fielder Cook

Category:Films based on novels by Leonard Wibberley