Overview

Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he's the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.

Cast

Craig Wasson, Sterling Hayden, Patricia Quinn, Niall O'Brien, T. P. McKenna, Niall Tóibín, Frank Grimes, Elizabeth Begley

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What is "The Outsider" about?

Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he's the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.

When was "The Outsider" released?

The Outsider was released in 1979.

Who stars in "The Outsider"?

The cast includes Craig Wasson, Sterling Hayden, Patricia Quinn, Niall O'Brien.