
Jacqueline
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.
Top Cast

John Gregson
Mike McNeil

Kathleen Ryan
Elizabeth McNeil

Jacqueline Ryan
Jacqueline McNeil

Liam Redmond
Peter Lord

Cyril Cusack
John Flannagan

Marie Kean
Mrs. Flannagan

Noel Purcell
Mr. Owen, the Parson

Maureen Delaney
Mrs. McBride
Josephine Fitzgerald
Mrs. McMullen

Richard O'Sullivan
Michael McNeil, Jacqueline's Brother
Rita Begley
Sara Flannagan

Tony Wright
Jack McBride
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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