Movie: A Man of No Importance

Top 10 Billed Cast

Albert Finney
Albert Finney

Alfred Byrne

Brenda Fricker
Brenda Fricker

Lily Byrne

Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon

Ivor J. Carney

Tara Fitzgerald
Tara Fitzgerald

Adele Rice

Rufus Sewell
Rufus Sewell

Robbie Fay

Patrick Malahide
Patrick Malahide

Inspector Carson

David Kelly
David Kelly

Christy Ward

Mick Lally
Mick Lally

Father Ignatius Kenny

Anna Manahan
Anna Manahan

Mrs Grace

Joe Pilkington
Joe Pilkington

Ernie Lally

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  • Overview

    Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.

  • Release Date

    1994-12-24

  • Average

    6.2

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
  • Tagline

    An extraordinary tale of an ordinary hero

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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