A Touch of the Poet (1974)

10.0/10 • 142 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Donald Moffat

Robert Phalen

Roberta Maxwell

Nancy Marchand

Fritz Weaver

Cornelius Melody

Tom Clancy

John Heffernan

Howland Chamberlain

Carrie Nye

Deborah Harford

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