The Quare fellow

United Kingdom, 1962

Film
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A condemned killer awaits his execution. A funny tragedy, a happy- go-lucky horror show, a gay little wake for the dead who have died in the name of justice - the kind of justice that demands a life for a life. Like Brendan Behan’s play, the picture ignores the rational arguments against capital punishment. It simply takes the audience inside an Irish prison and bolts the gate, and then with a world of Irish charm and humour shows everybody how it feels to live in a cell - and die on a rope.

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Credits

producer

Anthony Havelock-Allan

production company

BLC

Bryanston Films

director

Arthur Dreifuss

Duration

01:30:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1962

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324957

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Adaptations

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Prisons

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Capital punishment

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Literature → Irish literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q22693221

TMDB-Movie

185147

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