Broth of a Boy
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Broth of a Boy is a 1959 Irish comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Harry Brogan and June Thorburn.[2] It is an adaptation of the 1956 play The Big Birthday by Hugh Leonard.
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Broth of a Boy | |
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Directed by | George Pollock |
Written by | Blanaid Irvine Patrick Kirwan |
Based on | play The Big Birthday by Hugh Leonard[1] |
Produced by | Emmet Dalton Alec C. Snowden |
Starring | Barry Fitzgerald June Thorburn Eddie Golden Godfrey Quigley |
Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
Edited by | Henry Richardson |
Music by | Stanley Black |
Production company | Emmett Dalton Productions |
Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | Ireland |
Language | English |
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The film involves the efforts of a British television producer to create a documentary about the birthday of an Irish supercentenarian, but the cantankerous old man is unwilling to cooperate with him.