The Hands of Cormac Joyce

The Hands of Cormac Joyce
Based onThe Hands of Cormac Joyce
by Leonard Wibberley
Written byThomas Rickman
Directed byFielder Cook
StarringStephen Boyd
Colleen Dewhurst
Cyril Cusack
Dominic Guard
Enid Lorimer
Country of originAustralia
United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerFred L Engel
CinematographyJohn R. McLean
EditorMervin Lloyd
Running time72 mins
Production companiesCrawford Productions
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Original release
Release1972 (1972)

The Hands of Cormac Joyce is a 1972 made-for-television movie (Hallmark Hall of Fame) directed by Fielder Cook.

Plot

A proud fisherman off the Irish Coast fights to save his land from an approaching storm as other villagers evacuate to the mainland.[1]

Cast

Production

The film was a U.S.-Australian co-production. It was shot in Australia with Phillip Island substituting for Aran Island.[2] Many of the crew had worked on the TV show Homicide, but some of them had to be replaced during the shoot as it was realised they did not have the experience to make a 35mm film shot on location.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p76
  2. ^ "Cormac Joyce Casts a Shadow", The Age - 28 Jun 1973 accessed 7 July 2013
  3. ^ Sue Milliken, Selective Memory: A Life in Film, Hybrid 2013 p 47-48


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