A Touch of the Poet (1974)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1974-04-24
Director: Kirk Browning , Stephen Porter
Writers: Eugene O’Neill
Language: English
Stars: Donald Moffat , Robert Phalen , Roberta Maxwell , Nancy Marchand , Fritz Weaver , Tom Clancy , John Heffernan , Howland Chamberlain (1911–1984) , Carrie Nye , Humphrey Davis
Runtime: 142 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: A Touch of the Poet , A Touch of the Poet (United States of America) , To aggigma tou poiiti (Greece)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0204692