
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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