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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Cast
Patricia Kerrigan
Mary Flynn
Andrew Connolly
Perky Rice
Deirdre Donoghue
Dolores Flynn
Tracey Peacock
Finbar Flynn
Jim Bartley
Tony
Rolf Saxon
1st American Soldier
Richard Holmes
2nd American Soldier
Eanna MacLiam
Perky's Pal in Pub
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Aisling Walsh
- Writers
- Aisling Walsh
- Countries
- Ireland, United Kingdom
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The take
Aisling Walsh directs. Gabriel Beristain behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Ireland, United Kingdom.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2International production across 2 countries: Ireland, United Kingdom.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Aisling Walsh, shot by Gabriel Beristain. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Patricia Kerrigan and Andrew Connolly and Deirdre Donoghue carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0215879 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Gabriel Beristain
- Runtime
- 96 min · 1h 36m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Joyriders (1988)
Also by
Aisling Walsh
Production companies
Who made it
Granada Television
GB
Key crew
- ProducerEmma Hayter
- MusicTony Britten
- MusicHal Lindes
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1988-10-14
