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.
Director and cast
- Roy Ward Baker Director
- John Gregson as Mike McNeil
- Kathleen Ryan as Elizabeth McNeil
- Jacqueline Ryan as Jacqueline McNeil
- Liam Redmond as Peter Lord
- Cyril Cusack as John Flannagan
- Marie Kean as Mrs. Flannagan
- Noel Purcell as Mr. Owen, the Parson
- Maureen Delaney Cast
- Josephine Fitzgerald Cast
- Richard O'Sullivan Cast
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