Movie Info
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
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Harry Brogan
Willie -
Barry Fitzgerald
Patrick Farrell -
Josephine Fitzgerald
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy -
Bill Foley
Connolly -
Eddie Golden
Martin Lehane -
Dermot Kelly
Tim -
Philip O'Flynn
Father Carey -
Godfrey Quigley
Desmond Phillips -
June Thorburn
Silin Lehane -
Tony Wright
Randall -
Bart Bastable
Clooney -
Dennis Brennan
Bolger -
Maire Keane
Molly Lehane
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Foreign Titles
- Broth of a Boy (The Big Birthday) (DE)
- The Big Birthday (UK)
