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Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Patrick McGoohan | ... | Thomas Crimmin |
 | Sylvia Syms | ... | Kathleen |
| Walter Macken | ... | Regan |
| Dermot Kelly | ... | Donnelly |
| Jack Cunningham | ... | Chief Warder |
| Hilton Edwards | ... | Holy Healy |
| Philip O'Flynn | ... | Prison Governor |
| Leo McCabe | ... | Doctor Flyn |
| Norman Rodway | ... | Lavery |
| Marie Kean | ... | Mrs. O'Hara |
| Pauline Delaney | ... | Mickser's wife (as Pauline Delany) |
| Geoffrey Golden | ... | 1st Customs Officer (as Geoff Golden) |
| Tom Irwin | ... | 2nd Customs Officer |
| Joseph O'Donnell | ... | Poet |
| Agnes Bernelle | ... | Meg |
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This is certainly a compelling movie. The acting is fine to very good. Sylvia Syms is especially good. I think she may be a little miscast: Her elegant manner comes through even in a cat fight.
I guess it was an admirable undertaking. And the basic theme is still there: Hanging is a pretty brutal thing for civilized men to do, even in the name of justice.
But the wit of the original play is mostly lost. The story is opened up for the movie. That happened a lot, especially in those times. But in making it more cinematic, its original punch was lost.
A major character is either left out or greatly toned-down. What's left is a 1930s Warner Brother prison movie transposed to the UK. Those movies were almost always at least entertaining and were often powerful. This is entertaining and a little powerful. But I'm not sure it's Brendan Behan.