Broth of a Boy (1959)
Broth of a Boy is an even-keel film version of a play by Irish dramatist Hugh Leonard. Barry Fitzgerald plays the world's oldest man, a taciturn centenarian Irishman. Media representatives converge on Fitzgerald's village on the occasion of the old coot's 110th birthday. The eager TV exec who stages the event discovers that damage control is definitely in order: not only is Fitzgerald a widely despised poacher, but he also truculently refuses to participate in the ceremony. Broth of a Boy is a pleasant, easygoing satire of exploitive journalism--a target that is as viable today as it was in 1959. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- George Pollock
Synopsis of Broth of a Boy
Broth of a Boy is an even-keel film version of a play by Irish dramatist Hugh Leonard. Barry Fitzgerald plays the world's oldest man, a taciturn centenarian Irishman. Media representatives converge on Fitzgerald's village on the occasion of the old coot's 110th birthday. The eager TV exec who stages the event discovers that damage control is definitely in order: not only is Fitzgerald a widely despised poacher, but he also truculently refuses to participate in the ceremony. Broth of a Boy is a pleasant, easygoing satire of exploitive journalism--a target that is as viable today as it was in 1959. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Broth of a Boy
- Harry Brogan - Willie
- Bill Foley - Connolly
- Dermot Kelly - Tim
- Godfrey Quigley - Desmond Phillips
- Tony Wright - Randall
- Dennis Brennan - Bolger
- Barry Fitzgerald - Patrick Farrell
- Josephine Fitzgerald - Mrs. O'Shaughnessy
- Eddie Golden - Martin Lehane
- Philip O'Flynn - Father Carey
- June Thorburn - Silin Lehane
- Bart Bastable - Clooney
- Maire Keane - Molly Lehane
- Director(s):
- George Pollock
- Writer(s):
- Blanaid Irvine, Patrick Kirwan
- Producer(s):
- Alec C. Snowden
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