A Touch of the Poet

Name: A Touch of the Poet
Genre: Drama
Released: 1974-04-24
Duration: 2 h 22 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Donald Moffat, Robert Phalen, Roberta Maxwell

TV Movie
1974
Not Rated
2h 22m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Drama

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. ... Read allCornelius "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 t... Read allCornelius "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 h... Read all

Directors
- Kirk Browning
- Stephen Porter
Writer
- Eugene O'Neill
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Kirk Browning
- Stephen Porter
Writer
- Eugene O'Neill
Stars

2User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The New York production of "A Touch of the Poet" by Eugene O'Neill opened at the Helen Hayes Theater in New York on October 2, 1958 and ran for 284 performances.

Goofs
As Con and Sara struggle by the door, a mic can be seen being pointed at them from the floor beyond the doorway as a sound man hides behind the wall trying to record them at that position.

Connections
Version of Fast ein Poet (1961)

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Featured review

10/10

Spirited performance of inadvertently-funny O'Neill play.

Great fun, and fine performances from the ensemble cast that surround mock heroic figure Weaver, whose mantra is "I was with them, but not among them." If you dislike the self-importance and self-pity in O'Neill's "major" works (as I do), you will find it a pleasure to see him unintentionally deconstruct himself in this less-performed play.