Jack Clitheroe — The Plough and the Stars Character Profile

About Jack Clitheroe

Nora's husband who joins the Irish rebel militia. Despite promising Nora he will stop, he becomes a commander in the Irish Citizen Army and helps plan the occupation of the Dublin GPO during the Easter Rising.

Character Facts

Played by

Preston Foster

Appears in

The Plough and the Stars (1936)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Jack Clitheroe — Romantic Broken Promise — Nora Clitheroe (Barbara Stanwyck)

  Nora's trust is shattered as her husband's revolutionary commitment overrides his marital vows.

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