Cyril Cusack
16 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.

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.

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 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.

Johnny Nobody
(1961)When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike him dead, a stranger appears and does so. The man, dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the press, claims no knowledge of Mulcahy or even of himself. He asks the help of the village priest, Father Carey, in his upcoming trial for Mulcahy's murder. While the amnesiac Johnny goes to trial, Father Carey mulls questions of belief raised by the case. And then, the good father learns a little more about Johnny Nobody.

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.

The Day of the Jackal
(1973)French radicals hire British hitman to assassinate Charles de Gaulle.

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
(1965)On his last mission, a burnt-out British agent in Berlin is to infiltrate East German intelligence, as he's recruited by an ambitious Communist operative, but his real role soon becomes all too apparent.

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

Little Dorrit
(1987)Through one man's eyes, Dickens' classic story of Victorian London comes alive in this epic tale of love and injustice. As Arthur Clennam uncovers dark family secrets, he finds both corruption and unexpected hope in society's shadows.