04/06/1956
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.
John Gregson
as Mike McNeil
Kathleen Ryan
as Elizabeth McNeil
Jacqueline Ryan
as Jacqueline McNeil
Liam Redmond
as Peter Lord
Cyril Cusack
as John Flannagan
Marie Kean
as Mrs. Flannagan
Noel Purcell
as Mr. Owen, the Parson
Maureen Delaney
as Mrs. McBride
Josephine Fitzgerald
as Mrs. McMullen
Richard O'Sullivan
as Michael McNeil, Jacqueline's Brother
Rita Begley
as Sara Flannagan
Tony Wright
as Jack McBride
Maureen Swanson
as Maggie Flannagan
Jack MacGowran
as Campbell
Harold Goldblatt
as Schoolmaster
Barry Keegan
as Bob Quinton
Christopher Steele
as Mr. Pike, the Organist
J.G. Devlin
as Baxter
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