Movie: When Brendan Met Trudy

Top 10 Billed Cast

Peter McDonald
Peter McDonald

Brendan

Flora Montgomery
Flora Montgomery

Trudy

Pauline McLynn
Pauline McLynn

Nuala

Don Wycherley
Don Wycherley

Niall

Maynard Eziashi
Maynard Eziashi

Edgar

Eileen Walsh
Eileen Walsh

Siobhan

Barry Cassin
Barry Cassin

Headmaster

Niall O'Brien
Niall O'Brien

Judge

Rynagh O'Grady
Rynagh O'Grady

Lynn

Ali White
Ali White

Mary

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    Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.

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    2000-12-14

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