Hugh B. O'Brien

Two bureaucrats discuss the potential suicide of a man standing perfectly still in front of a door that opens into the night sky and a fatal drop.

A powerful story of the relationship between father and son, John and Eamon Doyle. It is set in rural Ireland during the 1950s, a period of mass emigration and social change. Young Irish emigrants, on arriving in America, have been enlisted and sent to fight in the Korean war. One of those emigrants, Luke Moran, dies in Korea and his home village is awash with rumours about the compensation the Moran family received upon Luke's death. John Doyle hears the rumours but remains silent. Ben Moran is John's arch-enemy, a feud traced back to the Irish Civil War. Eamon comforts and falls in love with Una Moran. His father feeling betrayed, blames Ben Moran for everything and is prepared to sacrifice Eamon in seeking vengeance as a contemporary Romeo and Juliet story unfolds.

Michael Lynch est un homme affable, moqueur, séduisant et un bon père de famille. C'est aussi un escroc et un maître du cambriolage. Ses actions ne passent pas inaperçues car il défie les autorités dès qu'il le peut, gagnant ainsi les faveurs de la population de Dublin. Il réussit si bien que ce qui, au départ, était une partie de rigolade, se transforme en un jeu plus dangereux. Lynch commence à accorder plus d'importance à son image qu'à l'argent et la police est bien décidée à l'abattre.