Cyril Cusack
27 titles
Filmography
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Sacco & Vanzetti
(1971)The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.

Les Misérables
(1978)In this adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic tale, a woodcutter is sentenced to jail for stealing a loaf of bread he took to feed his starving family.

Odd Man Out
(1947)A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police while seeking shelter following a failed robbery attempt in Northern Ireland.
The Rising of the Moon
(1957)Director John Ford, acclaimed actor Tyrone Power, and the players of Dublin's famous Abbey Theatre bring to life three stories about Ireland that reveal the fierce pride, the unrestrained gaiety, and the unending devotion of the Irish people. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer is assigned to arrest an Irish curmudgeon who hit the neighbor who sold him a lousy batch of homemade whiskey. Set at a train station, "A Minute's Wait" offers a humorous look at Irish conceptions of time as a train's brief scheduled stop to pick up some lobsters for an important dinner stretches out into a long, leisurely pause. The final vignette, "1921," tells the story of the elaborate rescue of an Irish patriot from prison.

The Homecoming
(1973)A professor returns home after a long absence to introduce his wife to his father and two brothers, but the family reunion has unexpected and disturbing consequences. Based on one of Harold Pinter's greatest plays, director Sir Peter Hall re-renders his original Royal Shakespeare Company London stage triumph as a bleached, claustrophobic delirium as no theater staging could.

The Abdication
(1974)Liv Ullmann and Academy Award-winner Peter Finch star as a queen and cardinal who share a forbidden love in this compelling true story of lustand power.

The Comedy of Errors
(1983)Separated as children, the twins unknowingly find themselves living in the same city as adults. Confusion reigns as they become caught up in a brilliantly contrived series of misunderstandings involving their family and friends.Â

Harold and Maude
(1971)A classic cult film that features one of the screen's most unlikely pairs. It will defy everything you've ever seen or known about screen lovers.

Nineteen Eighty-Four
(1984)In a world controlled by language, surveillance, and doctored history, one man dares to rebel against a fascist government. Big Brother is watching.

The Tenth Man
(1988)In postwar France, a once-wealthy attorney deals with the fallout from a deadly deal he struck with a fellow inmate while imprisoned by the Nazis.

The Spanish Gardener
(1956)Harrington Brande (Michael Hordern), a British diplomat who recently broke up with his wife, is stationed in a small coastal town in Spain with his son, Nicholas (Jon Whiteley). Harrington is unreasonably possessive of Nicholas, and becomes jealous when he begins to form a close friendship with Jose (Dirk Bogarde), their gentle gardener. When Harrington decides to frame Jose for a crime to end their relationship, Nicholas becomes enraged and runs away from home.
I Thank a Fool
(1962)
80,000 Suspects
(1963)When a smallpox epidemic breaks out in a British city, a doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested even further as he tries to contain the outbreak.

The Outcasts
(1983)A long-lost folk horror film about a young woman who finds herself accused of witchcraft in early 19th-century rural Ireland.

Ill Met by Moonlight
(1957)Based on a true story during World War II on the island of Crete, British soldiers and Greek partisans work together to capture a German General.

Execution Squad
(1972)An inspector pursues a secret society of former police officers who bring justice to notorious criminals without trial.

The Taming of the Shrew
(1967)A rich merchant's beautiful daughter and her volatile older sister are courted by rival suitors in this rambunctious version of Shakespeare's comedy.

Jacqueline
(1956)A lovable young girl in Belfast, who is completely devoted to her father, ignores his alcoholism and fighting and steps in to save the day when he loses his job.

The Small Back Room
(1949)"THE SMALL BACK ROOM (1949) directed by Powell and Pressburger, marked their return to Alexander Korda after a successful period at Rank. Critically acclaimed, the film was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Film. Starring David Farrar as British scientist Sammy Rice and Kathleen Byron as the dept secretary and Sammy's girlfriend.

Far and Away
(1992)Director Ron Howard tells the story of a young Irish immigrant couple who land in 1890s Boston, struggling to earn enough money to continue west for a wild and wooly Oklahoma land run.