Dear Sarah
RTE drama based on the correspondence between Giuseppe Conlon and his wife Sarah after Conlon had been jailed for twelve years as one of the ‘Maguire Seven’.
He had been wrongfully convicted of handling explosives after his son, Gerry had been jailed in 1975 for alleged involvement in the Guildford pub bombings.
Original transmission: RTE 1990 (125mins)
The script for ‘Dear Sarah’ was made by Irish broadcaster RTE after earlier being rejected by the BBC and ITV. Upon original transmission in Ireland in 1990 it achieved the highest ever ratings for a made-for-TV film. It was shown by ITV later in 1990.
This is the human story of how innocents suffer when the shock following bombing atrocities urges the police to get quick results.
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Genre
Documentary-drama (Television play) - Broadcast
Company
RTE Television
Release Year
1990Period Set
1980WRITER(s)/ DIRECTOR(s)/ PRODUCER(s)
Writer
Tom McGurk
Director
Frank Cvitanovich
Producer
Peter Jaques
ACTORS
Stella McCusker - Sarah Conlon
Barry McGovern - Giuseppe Conlon
Patrick F. Rocks - Gerry Conlon
Bronagh Gallagher - Anne Conlon
Janice McAdam - Bridgid Conlon
Elsa Johns - Young Sarah
Eileen Pollock - Mary Kelly
P.H. Moriarty - Warder Deans
Tim Loane - Man on Chair
Sean Rocks - Other Man
Dave Duffy - RUC policeman
Gary Whelan - Policeman #1
Michael James Ford - Policeman #2
Simon Chandler - Alastair Logan
Philip Hardy - Armstrong
Maria McDermottroe - Mrs. Moore
Aine McCartney - Hair
Ricky Tomlinson - Warder #1
Martin Oldfield - Warder #2
Mark Shelley - Warder #3
Mal Whyte - Warder #4
Lloyd McGuire - Warder #5
Tani Bentis - Landlady
Peter Gale - Chaplain
Eoin O’Callaghan - Singer/Piano Player
Frank McCusker - Michael
Rosemary Henderson - Maggie
Jerome Willis - Inspector Still
Brendan Gleeson - Brendan Dowd
David Heap - Prison Board Officer
Des Braiden - Assistant Governor
Amanda Benson - Waitress