Murphy's Stroke (1980)
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.
- Date of release
- 1980-05-21
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Frank Cvitanovich
Casting
- Niall Tóibín — Tony Murphy
- Pierce Brosnan — Edward O'Grady
- T.R. Bowen — Collins
- Tony Doyle — Darrer
- Derry Power — Tim Finn
- Paul Antrim — Dooley
- John Bardon — O'Connor
- Maurice Connor — Robert Henry
- Patrick Malahide — Parker
- Gordon Kane — Ian McGallen
- James Donnelly — Maguire
- Michael O'Hagan — Horgan
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