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. 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.
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