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Broth of a Boy (1959)

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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

Unrated, 1 hr. 17 min.

Drama, Comedy

Cast

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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