My Friend Joe
6.6
“Best friends find you when you least expect it.”
During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly wrong however, when Chris discovers his new best friend isn't a he, but a she. The sadness only begins as Chris learns why Joe's gender must be kept a secret.
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Cast
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Schuyler Fisk
Joe / Joanne
Known for
Orange County
Snow Day
John Cleere
Chris Doyle
Known for
War of the Buttons
Stephen McHattie
Curt
Known for
Pontypool
300
Stanley Townsend
Mr. Doyle
Known for
KAOS
Sherlock
Pauline McLynn
Ms. Doyle
Known for
Father Ted
Last Night in Soho
Eoin Hughes
Boyler
No other roles listed
Mark Hannigan
Conor
No other roles listed
Stuart Dannell Foran
Noel
Known for
War of the Buttons
Joel Grey
Simon
Known for
Dancer in the Dark
The Old Man
Katie Carroll
Suzie
Also in
Bewitched
Silo Killer
Katy Davis
Aideen
Also in
Motherless Brooklyn
Dead Bodies
Didier Pasquette
Nicolai
No other roles listed
Chris Bould Director · David Howard Writer Ronan Hardiman Composer
First release August 29, 1996 · Produced in United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland · Production Promedia, Portman Entertainment Group
Production
WDR
Production
Promedia
Production
Portman Entertainment Group
Production
United Kingdom · Germany · Ireland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · August 29, 1996
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
May 2, 1998 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 12, 1997 · Theatrical
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