The Quare Fellow

Before he became "The Prisoner," Patrick McGoohan played Thomas Crimmin, a ruthless guard overseeing the population of a dilapidated Irish correctional facility in this searing drama based on the play by Brendan Behan. As one condemned inmate’s date of execution approaches, Crimmin’s moral codes are tested both by a veteran turnkey and the woman intimately connected with the convict and his heinous crime. Sylvia Syms, Walter Macken co-star. 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; bonus short "Brendan Behan's Dublin" (1966); photo gallery.