Jacqueline (1956)

6.3/10 89 min Drama

Overview

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 Gregson

Mike McNeil

Kathleen Ryan

Elizabeth McNeil

Jacqueline Ryan

Jacqueline McNeil

Liam Redmond

Peter Lord

Cyril Cusack

John Flannagan

Marie Kean

Mrs. Flannagan

Noel Purcell

Mr. Owen, the Parson

Maureen Delaney

Mrs. McBride

Richard O'Sullivan

Michael McNeil, Jacqueline's Brother

Tony Wright

Jack McBride

Maureen Swanson

Maggie Flannagan

Jack MacGowran

Campbell

Harold Goldblatt

Schoolmaster

Barry Keegan

Bob Quinton

J.G. Devlin

Baxter

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