A Terrible Beauty

In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermott O'Neil finds it easy to get into the IRA, but can he get out?

Cast

Robert Mitchum

as Dermot O'Neill

Richard Harris

as Sean Reilly

Anne Heywood

as Neeve Donnelly

Dan O'Herlihy

as Don McGinnis

Cyril Cusack

as Jimmy Hannafin

Niall MacGinnis

as Ned O'Neill

Marianne Benet

as Bella O'Neill

Christopher Rhodes

as Tim Malone

Harry Brogan

as Patrick O'Neill

Eileen Crowe

as Mrs. Kathleen O'Neill

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