The Outsider (1979 film)

The Outsider
Directed byTony Luraschi
Based onThe Heritage of Michael Flaherty
by Colin Leinster[1]
Produced byCinematic Arts B.V.,[2] Philippe Modave (executive)[3]
StarringCraig Wasson
Sterling Hayden
Patricia Quinn
Niall O'Brien
Music byKen Thorne
Production
company
Distributed byCinema International Corporation (UK)[4][5]
Release date
  • 29 November 1979 (1979-11-29) (London)
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Running time
128 minutes[8]
LanguageEnglish

The Outsider is a 1979 film thriller set largely in Belfast during The Troubles; it was the first film directed by Italian-American Tony Luraschi. The film is based on the book The Heritage of Michael Flaherty by Colin Leinster, and details the fictional experience of an idealistic Irish-American who travels to Ireland and joins the IRA in the 1970s.

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  2. ^ Mike Kaplan (1 May 1981). Variety international showbusiness reference. Garland Pub. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-8240-9341-9. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ^ Film Writers. Ifilm Pub. 2001. p. 60. ISBN 9781580650359. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Irish Film & TV Research Online – Trinity College Dublin". Tcd.ie. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b Vaines, Colin (3 November 1979). "'Outsider' opening snubbed by LFF". Screen International. p. 24.
  6. ^ John Pym (1 January 1989). Time Out film guide. Penguin Books. p. 899. ISBN 978-0-14-029414-9. Retrieved 21 October 2012. – or The Outsider, The (1979, Neth, 128 min) d/sc
  7. ^ Jürgen Elvert (1994). Nordirland in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 479–. ISBN 978-3-515-06102-5. Retrieved 21 October 2012. – Tony Luraschis Film (GB 1979, nach dem Roman von Colin Leinster)
  8. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2008). Guida Ai Film 2009. Dalai editore. pp. 1341–. ISBN 978-88-6018-163-3. Retrieved 21 October 2012.