Fools of Fortune

Status:
Released
Production:
Working Title Films
Aired:
1990-06-20
Fools of Fortune
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
Romance
Drama
Characters

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Marianne

Iain Glen
Willie Quinton

Julie Christie
Mrs Quinton

Tom Hickey
Father Kilgarrif

Michael Kitchen
Mr Quinton

Niamh Cusack
Josephine

Frankie McCafferty
Tim Paddy
Amy-Joyce Hastings
Geraldine Quinton

John Kavanagh
Johnny Lacy
Hazel Flanagan
Deirdre Quinton

Mick Lally
Mr Derenzy

Ronnie Masterson
Mrs Flynn

Sean McGinley
Doyle

Neil Dudgeon
Sergeant Rudkin

Niall Tóibín
Lanigan
Jimmy Keogh
O'Neill
Sighle Toibin
Sweeney

Johnny Murphy
Mr Sweeney
Pat Leavy
Mrs Sweeney

Ian McElhinney
Stranger
Rosaleen Linehan
Aunt Fitzeustace
Anita Reeves
Aunt Pansy
Seamus Forde
O'Dwyer
Eileen Colgan
Mrs Woodcombe
Joanne Foley
Teresa Shea
Julia Deardon
Shop Assistant

Sheila Flitton
Beggarwoman

Enda Oates
Soldier
Catherine McFadden
Imelda
P.G. Brady
Thin Man
Catherine Byrne
Sister Rowan
Sean T. McClory
Young Willie Quinton
Carly Smithson
Young Marianne
Anne Marie Hannigan
Young Geraldine
Susan Flanagan
Young Deirdre

Rúaidhrí Conroy
Little Edy
Brendan O'Donoghue
Boy on Island, aged 6
Diarmuid O'Conghaile
Boy on Island, age 10
Sheila O'Sullivan
Nun
Trudi O'Shea
Girl