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Jacqueline

Jacqueline

June 4, 1956
1h 29m
Drama
Critics
85/100
Story
82/100
Acting
88/100
Cinematography
90/100
Soundtrack
80/100

Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from his job, he finds solace in the bottle. All seems hopeless until Jacqueline breaks through her father's self-imposed gloom and helps him to regenerate. An adaptation of the novel 'A Grand Man', by Catherine Cookson.

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Details

Director
Roy Ward Baker
Cast
John Gregson, Kathleen Ryan, Jacqueline Ryan, Liam Redmond, Cyril Cusack, Marie Kean, Noel Purcell, Maureen Delaney, Josephine Fitzgerald, Richard O'Sullivan
Release Date
June 4, 1956
Production
George H. Brown Productions

Rating Distribution

User Ratings

5 Stars65%
1235
4 Stars25%
475
3 Stars8%
152
2 Stars2%
38
1 Stars0%
0
Total: 1,900 ratings

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