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Film Matinee: Broth of a Boy

on BBC One London

Starring Barry Fitzgerald
with Tony Wright, June Thorburn

A television reporter discovers the oldest man in the world in a small Irish village but his plans for a programme soon go hilariously awry.
One of the last appearances of the late Barry Fitzgerald, for so long Hollywood's typification of Irish lovability. The screenplay derives from a play by Hugh Leonard, nowadays a very familiar name in television, and the supporting cast was recruited from the company at the Dublin Abbey Theatre.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Patrick Kirwan
Screenplay:
Blanaid Irvine
Based on the play "The Big Birthday" by:
Hugh Leonard
Producer:
Alec Snowden
Director:
George Pollock
Patrick Farrell:
Barry Fitzgerald
Willie:
Harry Brogan
Randall:
Tony Wright
Silin Lehane:
June Thorburn
Martin Lehane:
Eddie Golden
Molly Lehane:
Maire Kean
Desmond Phillips:
Godfrey Quigley
Clooney (Bank Manager):
Bart Bastable

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