The Quare Fellow Director: Arthur Dreifuss Cast: Patrick McGoohan, Sylvia Syms, Walter Macken, Harry Brogan
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- DVD Release Date: 12/09/2008
- Original Release: 1962
- Sales Rank: 24,249
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Features
"Brendan Behan's Dublin"; ; Photo Gallery
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Disc #1 -- Quare Fellow
1. New Officer [9:10]
2. Ready For Duty [6:31]
3. The Bottle [9:10]
4. Inconsolable [5:37]
5. Tense Moment [3:01]
6. The Lucky Man [4:50]
7. Upholding the Law [8:13]
8. Truth is Told [7:36]
9. Hangman Arrives [9:37]
10. Time Slips Away [9:48]
11. No Reprieve [9:38]
12. Condemned [6:45]
Editorial Reviews
Brendan Behan, the quixotic, eternally sloshed Irish poet/playwright, peppered his play The Quare Fellow with plenty of "gallows humor." The film version dispenses with most the play's morbid jests, leaving us with a grim, straightforward account of a Dublin death-row prison guard (Patrick McGoohan) and his growing empathy with two condemned prisoners. One could understand the removal of the play's comic elements had the film been made in timorous Hollywood. But since Quare Fellow was financed and produced in Ireland, it seems a inappropriately glum tribute to one of the country's boldest and most brilliant talents. Quare Fellow was directed by American "B" specialist Arthur Dreifuss, who also adapted Behan's play for the screen. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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