Cyril Cusack
19 titles
Filmography
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Rainy Day Women
(1984)With Britain in the grip of an invasion scare during World War II, rumors of German spies in the English countryside abound, turning neighbor against neighbor. Captain John Truman is sent to investigate.

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 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.
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.

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.

A Terrible Beauty
(1960)A small group of IRA soldiers looks to free Ireland from Great Britain. However, one recruit is unconvinced of the means to do so.

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.

True Confessions
(1981)Two brothers, one a Catholic monsignor and the other a homicide detective, are caught in the middle of a brutal murder mystery in 1940s Los Angeles.

All the Way Boys
(1972)A bush-flying duo crash-lands in the heart of the Peruvian jungle, where an underhanded speculator and his thugs control a mine of precious emeralds.

Shake Hands with the Devil
(1959)A medical professor recruits a U.S. student for the Irish Republican Army in 1921 Dublin.