The Outsider

Overview

Michael 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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 26, 1979

Original language

English

Cast

Patricia Quinn,Des Cave,Gabriel Byrne,Sterling Hayden,Emmet Bergin,Niall O'Brien,David Collings,Annie D'Alton,Tony Phipps,Gerry Alexanderand 32 more

Director

Tony Luraschi

Writer

Tony Luraschi

Cinematography

Ricardo Aronovich

Music

Ken Thorne

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0079687