Cyril Cusack
Actor
Small Back Room, The (Hour of Glory, The) (1949)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins…
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Gone to Earth (1950)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack
- Marvellous Technicolor evocation of the rustic Welsh border–country, set around Jennifer Jones’ entry into the world of passionate desire and…
Passage Home (1955)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Finch, Anthony Steel, Diane Cilento…
- Torrid melodrama with the presence of a young woman on board a cargo ship causing tensions amongst the male crew.
Spanish Gardener, The (1956)
- Dir. Philip Leacock
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sir Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack…
- Curious father/son drama with Bogarde in the title role forming a close relationship with a young boy much to his father's envy.
Narrative wise…
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, Margaret Leighton…
- Bruising comedy with an elderly general struggling to come to terms with impending retirement and his ruinous personal life.
Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom…
- Stark yet gripping adaptation of John Le Carre's espionage novel. Richard Burton plays the dispossessed spy reluctantly engaged in the most dangerous…
Fahrenheit 451 (1967)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack…
- Adaptation of Ray Bradbury's sci–fi novel, set in a book–burning 'utopian' future, has naïve fireman Oskar Werner questioning the…
King Lear (1970)
- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Jack MacGowran…
- This could hardly miss with Shakespeare perennials Paul Schofield in the title role and director Peter Brook at the helm. A strong and rewarding…
Ballad of Tam-Lin, The (The Devil's Widow) (1970)
- Dir. Roddy McDowall
Feat. Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Cyril Cusack…
- The only film that prolific acting great Roddy McDowall ever directed is this British folk horror based on the Celtic legend Tam Lin.
Legendary…
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
- Dir. Giuliano Montaldo
Feat. Gian Maria Volonte, Cyril Cusack, Geoffrey Keen
- Based on the true story of the trial and execution of Italian–American anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, widely considered to be…