A Touch of the Poet
1974
142 minutes
Overview
Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.
Top Cast
Donald Moffat
Jamie Cregan
Robert Phalen
Mickey Maloy
Roberta Maxwell
Sara Melody
Nancy Marchand
Nora Melody
Fritz Weaver
Cornelius Melody
Tom Clancy
Dan Roche
John Heffernan
Paddy O'Dowd
Howland Chamberlain
Patch Riley
Carrie Nye
Deborah Harford
Humphrey Davis
Nicholas Gadsby