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The Railway Station Man

6.4 90 mins TV Movie   Drama   Romance   1992
BBC Film   First Film Company  
Director(s): Michael Whyte

Northern Irishwoman Helen Cuffe (Julie Christie) is overwhelmed with sadness when her husband is killed by the Irish Republican Army. She and her teen son, Jack (Frank MacCusker), then move to a tiny town and start life anew. There, Helen meets a mysterious American man named Roger Hawthorne (Donald Sutherland), who is in the area to refurbish an old train station. A romance slowly blossoms between Roger and Helen, but Jack then gets involved with a violent political group, and tragedy looms.

Casts of The Railway Station Man

Julie Christie

as Helen Cuffe

Donald Sutherland

as Roger Hawthorne

John Lynch

as Damian Sweeney

Mark Tandy

as Manus Dempsey

Ingrid Craigie

as Mary Heron

Frank McCusker

as Jack Cuffe

Niall Cusack

as Father Quinlan

Maire Hastings

as Mrs Sweeney

Peadar Lamb

as Mr Hasson

Ann Callanan

as Policewoman

Gary Walker

as Policeman

Johnny O'Doherty Craig

as Young Jack Cuffe

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