Cry of the Innocent

(1980)

Color, 93 minutes.

Made for television / Suspense

Directed by Michael O’Herlihy

Cast: Rod Taylor, Joanna Pettet and Nigel Davenport

This is an Irish film that premiered on American TV back in 1980—a conspiracy story involving industrial spying and a plane from Rome that crashes in Ireland: certainly elements that you could see coming from the pen of Frederick Forsyth.  It’s Rod Taylor’s family that is wiped out in the plane crash and, outraged at discovering that it was no accident, he finds a way to gain revenge on the people behind it.