Film

A Touch of the Poet

1974 · 2h 22m · Drama · TV Movie

IMDb

7.4

Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.

Donald Moffat

Jamie Cregan

Robert Phalen

Mickey Maloy

Roberta Maxwell

Sara Melody

Nancy Marchand

Nora Melody

Fritz Weaver

Cornelius Melody

Tom Clancy

Dan Roche

John Heffernan

Paddy O'Dowd

Howland Chamberlain

Patch Riley

Carrie Nye

Deborah Harford

Humphrey Davis

Nicholas Gadsby

• Stephen PorterDirector
• Kirk BrowningDirector
• Eugene O'NeillWriter
• David GriffithsProducer
• Jac VenzaExecutive Producer
• Girish BhargavaEditor
• Arnold HoskwithCasting

Release date

April 24, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 22m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie