Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Barry Fitzgerald
Ireland
Best movies:
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Going My Way (1944)
Paul Farrell
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Becket (1964)
Hot Millions (1968)
Donald Bisset
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
Ragtime (1981)
Godfrey Quigley
Palestine
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Educating Rita (1983)
Dermot Kelly
Ireland
Best movies:
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
Staircase (1969)
Jack Cunningham
UK
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Billy Liar (1963)