Jacqueline

Story

Synopsis

Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from his job, he finds solace in the bottle. All seems hopeless until Jacqueline breaks through her father's self-imposed gloom and helps him to regenerate. An adaptation of the novel 'A Grand Man', by Catherine Cookson.

Director

Roy Ward Baker

Writers

Liam O'Flaherty, Catherine Cookson, Patrick Kirwan

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

4 June 1956

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  John Gregson

  Mike McNeil

• 

  Kathleen Ryan

  Elizabeth McNeil

• 

  Jacqueline Ryan

  Jacqueline McNeil

• 

  Liam Redmond

  Peter Lord

• 

  Cyril Cusack

  John Flannagan

• 

  Marie Kean

  Mrs. Flannagan

• 

  Noel Purcell

  Mr. Owen, the Parson

• 

  Maureen Delaney

  Mrs. McBride

• Josephine Fitzgerald

  Mrs. McMullen

• 

  Richard O'Sullivan

  Michael McNeil, Jacqueline's Brother

• Rita Begley

  Sara Flannagan

• 

  Tony Wright

  Jack McBride