Broth of a Boy (1959)

Directed by

George Pollock

Genre

comedy film

Country

Ireland

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British television producer tries to make a documentary about an Irish man who claims to be over 100 years old. The old man is stubborn and refuses to go along with the plan.

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What happens

Broth of a Boy is a 1959 Irish comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Harry Brogan and June Thorburn. It was written by Blanaid Irvine and Patrick Kirwan and adapted from the 1956 play The Big Birthday by Hugh Leonard. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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