The read
It runs a compact 37m.
Synopsis
In this mock opera infused with gallows humour, Ronnie Drew and his band of bohemian merrymakers, The Dubliners, re-enact the execution ballad ‘The Night Before Larry Was Stretched’. Larry finds himself caught in a hangman’s noose as just reward for being ‘the best burglar in all Ireland’. Made in 1965, the film remained uncompleted and unseen until its restoration in 1998.
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Key crew
- Kevin SheldonDirector
Cast
- Ronnie DrewLarry
- Séamus EnnisCast
- Johnny MoynihanCast
- Ciarán BourkeCast
- Luke KellyCast
- Barney McKennaCast
- Bobby LynchCast
- John SheahanCast
- Marie GrehanCast
- Francie GrehanCast
- Helen "Bernie" GrehanCast
Stills
Themes
irelandirish musicshort filmdubliners