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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Cast
11 people
Ronnie Drew
Larry
Known for
Borstal Boy
Séamus Ennis
Johnny Moynihan
Ciarán Bourke
Luke Kelly
Barney McKenna
Also in
The Dubliners - Live At Vicar Street
The Dubliners: Live - 40 Years Reunion Concert
Bobby Lynch
John Sheahan
Also in
Sinchronicity
Holy Water
Marie Grehan
Francie Grehan
Helen "Bernie" Grehan
Kevin Sheldon Director
First release March 7, 1998 · Produced in Ireland
Production
Ireland
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Ireland · March 7, 1998
Premiere · Dublin Film Festival
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