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Film / 1956
Jacqueline
Directed by
Roy Ward Baker
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.
The story
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.
Cast
John GregsonMike McNeil
Kathleen RyanElizabeth McNeil
Jacqueline RyanJacqueline McNeil
Liam RedmondPeter Lord
Cyril CusackJohn Flannagan
Marie KeanMrs. Flannagan
Noel PurcellMr. Owen, the Parson
Maureen DelaneyMrs. McBride
Josephine FitzgeraldMrs. McMullen
Richard O'SullivanMichael McNeil, Jacqueline's Brother
Rita BegleySara Flannagan
Tony WrightJack McBride
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