"How far would you go to win a fortune!"

1998

1h 31m

7.0(324 votes)

Comedy

Overview

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

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55 members

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Ian Bannen

Jackie O'Shea

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David Kelly

Michael O'Sullivan

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Fionnula Flanagan

Annie O'Shea

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Susan Lynch

Maggie O'Toole

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Brendan Dempsey

Jim Kelly

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James Nesbitt

Pig Finn

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Paul Vaughan

Narrator (voice)

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Maura O'Malley

Mrs. Kennedy

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Robert Hickey

Maurice O'Toole

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Paddy Ward

Brendy O'Toole

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James Ryland

Dennis Fitzgerald

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Fintan McKeown

Pat Mulligan

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Eileen Dromey

Lizzy Quinn

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Kitty Fitzgerald

Kitty

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Dermot Kerrigan

Father Patrick

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Jimmy Keogh

Ned Devine

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Matthew Devitt

Tom Toomey

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Rennie Campbell

Rennie

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Eamonn Doyle

Dicey Riley

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Raymond MacCormac

The Whistler

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Larry Randall

Father Mulligan

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Jim Ashford

Villager of Tullymore

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Lewis Charles Barham

Villager of Tullymore

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Colin Bendall

Villager of Tullymore

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Dodo Bickerdike

Villager of Tullymore

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Joy Birnie

Villager of Tullymore

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James Bishop

Villager of Tullymore

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Peter Bradford

Villager of Tullymore

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Steven Burke

Villager of Tullymore

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Derick Bussey

Villager of Tullymore

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Norman Cain

Villager of Tullymore

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Margaret Cain

Villager of Tullymore

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Peter Carroll

Villager of Tullymore

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Barbara Clague

Villager of Tullymore

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Pam Courtenay Smith

Villager of Tullymore

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Edwina Crebbin

Villager of Tullymore

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Jill Cruddace

Villager of Tullymore

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Ted Cruddace

Villager of Tullymore

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Heather Dawes

Villager of Tullymore

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George Egee

Villager of Tullymore

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Jill Foster

Villager of Tullymore

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Susan Hidson

Villager of Tullymore

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Margaret Horsfield

Villager of Tullymore

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John Kaighin

Villager of Tullymore

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Una King

Villager of Tullymore

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Anne Lace

Villager of Tullymore

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Shirley Lewney

Villager of Tullymore

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Alix Morrey

Villager of Tullymore

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Pat O'Donohue

Villager of Tullymore

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Ged Pearce

Villager of Tullymore

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Stella Pixton

Villager of Tullymore

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Joyce Pullin

Villager of Tullymore

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Charlie Read

Villager of Tullymore

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Thomas Reeder

Villager of Tullymore

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Adrian Robinson

Lotto Observer

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