Peter Caffrey

Her Own Rules (1998)

Melissa Gilbert stars as Marygold/Meredith. A sad and lonely writer returning to her home town in England for the first time since she was about 6 or 7 years old,after being adopted and raised in America. While there she decides to look for her mother's grave,and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bobby Roth
CAST:  Melissa Gilbert  •  Jeremy Sheffield  •  Lorraine Pilkington  •  Ginny Holder

Melissa Gilbert stars as Marygold/Meredith. A sad and lonely writer returning to her home town in England for the first time since she was about 6 or 7 years old,after being adopted and raised in America. While there she decides to look for her mother's grave,and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bobby Roth
CAST:  Melissa Gilbert  •  Jeremy Sheffield  •  Lorraine Pilkington  •  Ginny Holder

Night Train (1998)

A man released from jail, where he had served time for doctoring the books of a gangster, has to go into hiding from the gangster's men. He moves into a Dublin boarding house run by a woman and her timid daughter. The timid woman immediately takes a shine to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lynch
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Brenda Blethyn  •  Pauline Flanagan  •  Rynagh O'Grady

A man released from jail, where he had served time for doctoring the books of a gangster, has to go into hiding from the gangster's men. He moves into a Dublin boarding house run by a woman and her timid daughter. The timid woman immediately takes a shine to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lynch
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Brenda Blethyn  •  Pauline Flanagan  •  Rynagh O'Grady

The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985)

Period drama. A woman living in Dublin in the late 1930's relieves her humdrum existence with fantasies that her newly-moustachioed husband is her screen idol, Clark Gable.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thaddeus O'Sullivan
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Brenda Fricker  •  Peter Caffrey  •  Eamon Kelly

Period drama. A woman living in Dublin in the late 1930's relieves her humdrum existence with fantasies that her newly-moustachioed husband is her screen idol, Clark Gable.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thaddeus O'Sullivan
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Brenda Fricker  •  Peter Caffrey  •  Eamon Kelly

I Went Down (1997)

Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paddy Breathnach
CAST:  Brendan Gleeson  •  Peter McDonald  •  Tony Doyle  •  Peter Caffrey

Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paddy Breathnach
CAST:  Brendan Gleeson  •  Peter McDonald  •  Tony Doyle  •  Peter Caffrey

Taffin (1988)

When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all out war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Megahy
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Ray McAnally  •  Alison Doody  •  Jeremy Child

When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all out war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Megahy
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Ray McAnally  •  Alison Doody  •  Jeremy Child

Angel (1982)

Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedic shoes of the killers’ leader. So begins his quest to avenge her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Jordan
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Veronica Quilligan  •  Alan Devlin  •  Peter Caffrey

Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedic shoes of the killers’ leader. So begins his quest to avenge her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Jordan
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Veronica Quilligan  •  Alan Devlin  •  Peter Caffrey

Shergar (1986)

Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expecting some action. He hits on a plan for raising £2 million, but his plan goes wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nigel Finch
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Veronica Duffy  •  Gary Waldhorn  •  Peadar Lamb

Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expecting some action. He hits on a plan for raising £2 million, but his plan goes wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nigel Finch
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Veronica Duffy  •  Gary Waldhorn  •  Peadar Lamb

Venus Peter (1989)

Produced for Scottish television, Venus Peter was financed by the Orkney Islands Council. The title character is transformed into a "sea child" when he is baptized with salt water. Though his family tries hard to accustom him to life on land, Peter (Gordon R. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Sellar
CAST:  George Anton  •  Ray McAnally  •  Sinéad Cusack  •  Gordon R Strachan

Produced for Scottish television, Venus Peter was financed by the Orkney Islands Council. The title character is transformed into a "sea child" when he is baptized with salt water. Though his family tries hard to accustom him to life on land, Peter (Gordon R. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Sellar
CAST:  George Anton  •  Ray McAnally  •  Sinéad Cusack  •  Gordon R Strachan

To Catch a Crow (2000)

Parody of the Birds set in Ireland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shay Leonard
CAST:  Peter Caffrey  •  Michael Roper  •  Alexis Bicat  •  Roger Barton Smith

Parody of the Birds set in Ireland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shay Leonard
CAST:  Peter Caffrey  •  Michael Roper  •  Alexis Bicat  •  Roger Barton Smith

August Saturday (1990)

Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that, if discovered, would devastate those closest to her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diarmuid Lawrence
CAST:  Sorcha Cusack  •  Tim McInnerny  •  Barry McGovern  •  John Kavanagh

Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that, if discovered, would devastate those closest to her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diarmuid Lawrence
CAST:  Sorcha Cusack  •  Tim McInnerny  •  Barry McGovern  •  John Kavanagh