The Young Offenders (2016)
Not all plans are idiot proof
Two teenage boys from inner-city Cork steal bicycles and ride off on a 160km quest to find an unrecovered bale of cocaine worth 7,000,000 euros.
- Date of release
- 2016-09-16
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (240)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Peter Foott
Casting
- Alex Murphy — Conor McSweeney
- Chris Walley — Jock O'Keeffe
- Hilary Rose — Mairead
- Dominic MacHale — Healy
- P.J. Gallagher — Ray the Drug Dealer
- Ciaran Bermingham — Flynn
- Pascal Scott — Old Farmer
- Judy Donovan — Local Shopkeeper
- Shane Casey — Billy Murphy
- Cora Fenton — Jock's Mother
- Emma Willis — Jeanette
- Frank Prendergast — Bad News Man
Interesting facts
The Young Offenders is a 2016 Irish comedy film written, directed, and co-produced by Peter Foott. It stars Alex Murphy, Chris Walley, Dominic MacHale, Hilary Rose, Shane Casey, Pascal Scott, and P. J. Gallagher.
Production
The film is based on Operation Seabight, the seizure of 1.5 tonnes of cocaine off the Irish coast near Mizen Head in 2007. The film was shot in Cork and along the Wild Atlantic Way.
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