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Murphy's Stroke
The Sting in an Irish Tale
The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his stables. The betting stakes were subsequently raised, before the real horse was entered in the race.
Cast
- Niall Tóibín as Tony Murphy
- Pierce Brosnan as Edward O'Grady
- T.R. Bowen as Collins
- Tony Doyle as Darrer
- Derry Power as Tim Finn
- Paul Antrim as Dooley
- John Bardon as O'Connor
- Maurice Connor as Robert Henry
- Patrick Malahide as Parker
- Gordon Kane as Ian McGallen
- James Donnelly as Maguire
- Michael O'Hagan as Horgan
Details
- Director
- Frank Cvitanovich
- Released
- May 21, 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Studio
- Thames Television
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.8 / 10 from 4 votes
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