A Touch of the Poet

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A Touch of the Poet (1974)

Directed by Stephen Porter, Kirk Browning

Drama, TV Movie · 2h 22m

Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.

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Cast

Donald Moffat Jamie Cregan Robert Phalen Mickey Maloy Roberta Maxwell Sara Melody Nancy Marchand Nora Melody Fritz Weaver Cornelius Melody Tom Clancy Dan Roche John Heffernan Paddy O'Dowd Howland Chamberlain Patch Riley Carrie Nye Deborah Harford
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Humphrey Davis Nicholas Gadsby

Crew

Director
Stephen Porter, Kirk Browning
Writer
Eugene O'Neill
Editor
Girish Bhargava
Producer
David Griffiths

Details

Release date
1974-04-24
Runtime
2h 22m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Production
Broadway Theatre Archive