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Freedom of the City (1975)

A play by Frian Friel, adapted for television by Hugh Webster. The story of three Londonderry citizens who took refuge in the Guildhall, escaping from the gas bombs and confusion of riot-filled streets during a confrontation between civil rights marchers and the military. Their story emerges in a series of flashbacks as a judge presides over a court of inquiry into their deaths.

Release: 1975-01-15
Runtime: 90 min
Cast
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Florence Paterson
Lily
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Neil Munro
Skinner
Mel Tuck
Mel Tuck
Michael
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Edward Atienza
Judge
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Desmond Scott
Brigadier Johnson-Hansbury
Gerard Parkes
Gerard Parkes
Priest
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Sean Mulcahy
Liam O'Kelly
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Richard W. Farrell
Prof. Cuppley
Cedric Smith
Cedric Smith
Balladeer
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Steven Sutherland
P. R. Officer