Desmond Perry

The Reckoning (1970)

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him – after 37 years – back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Nicol Williamson  •  Tom Kempinski  •  Zena Walker  •  Paul Rogers

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him – after 37 years – back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Nicol Williamson  •  Tom Kempinski  •  Zena Walker  •  Paul Rogers

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)

Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Strick
CAST:  Bosco Hogan  •  T. P. McKenna  •  John Gielgud  •  Rosaleen Linehan

Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Strick
CAST:  Bosco Hogan  •  T. P. McKenna  •  John Gielgud  •  Rosaleen Linehan

The Violent Enemy (1967)

During the troubles in Ireland an IRA bomb plot is hatched to blow up a British power station. Sean Rogan (Tom Bell) is an IRA bomb expert and escapes from prison to try and stop the destruction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Sharp
CAST:  Tom Bell  •  Susan Hampshire  •  Ed Begley  •  Jon Laurimore

During the troubles in Ireland an IRA bomb plot is hatched to blow up a British power station. Sean Rogan (Tom Bell) is an IRA bomb expert and escapes from prison to try and stop the destruction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Sharp
CAST:  Tom Bell  •  Susan Hampshire  •  Ed Begley  •  Jon Laurimore

Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchic political convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Rosanna Fratello

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchic political convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Rosanna Fratello

Baby Love (1974)

Play about Eileen who steals a baby, and the reactions of those around her, including the priest, police, and authorities and the consequences of what she does.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Davis
CAST:  Patti Love  •  Dev Sagoo  •  Tony Melody  •  Joan Scott

Play about Eileen who steals a baby, and the reactions of those around her, including the priest, police, and authorities and the consequences of what she does.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Davis
CAST:  Patti Love  •  Dev Sagoo  •  Tony Melody  •  Joan Scott

Paper Roses (1971)

Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Davis
CAST:  Bill Maynard  •  Donald Gee  •  Aimée Delamain  •  John Carson

Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Davis
CAST:  Bill Maynard  •  Donald Gee  •  Aimée Delamain  •  John Carson