The Outsider
6.9
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he's the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.
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Cast
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Craig Wasson
Michael Flaherty
Known for
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Niall Toibin
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Sterling Hayden
Seamus Flaherty
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Killing
Patricia Quinn
Siobhan
Known for
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Niall O'Brien
Emmett Donovan
Known for
The Legend of 1900
Excalibur
T. P. McKenna
John Russell
Known for
Straw Dogs
Jack the Ripper
Niall Tóibín
The Farmer
Known for
Rawhead Rex
Far and Away
Frank Grimes
Tony Coyle
Known for
The Whales of August
Elizabeth Begley
Mrs Cochran
Also in
Harry's Game
Sons and Lovers
Bosco Hogan
Finbar Donovan
Known for
The Borgias
The Tudors
Ray McAnally
MacWhirter
Known for
The Mission
Jack the Ripper
J.G. Devlin
Sean Tweeny
Known for
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Tony Luraschi Director · Ken Thorne Composer Ricardo Aronovich Cinematographer
United States release June 2, 1980 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 26, 1979
Theatrical
United States · June 2, 1980
Theatrical
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