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The Legion Hall Bombing
RELEASED • 1978 • DRAMA • TV MOVIE
Original movie
Language English
Runtime 75m
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The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this film was postponed by the BBC several times, and when it did finally air, it was shown with cuts; the writer, Caryl Churchill, and director, Roland Joffé, had their names removed from the credits in protest.
Overview
The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this film was postponed by the BBC several times, and when it did finally air, it was shown with cuts; the writer, Caryl Churchill, and director, Roland Joffé, had their names removed from the credits in protest.
Cast
Robert Kavanagh
First Accused
May Ollis
First Witness
Ewen White
Prosecuting Counsel
David Kelly
Judge
Niall Tóibín
Defence Counsel
Shay Gorman
Second Witness
James Duggan
Third Witness/Bomb Expert
Jeananne Crowley
Clerk of the Court
Jim Norton
Detective Sergeant
Eamonn Boyce
Detective Constable
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