Eat The Peach (1986)
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Irish youths Vinnie (Stephen Brennan) and Arthur (Eamon Morrissey) fight their ongoing boredom by running a video print of Elvis Presley's Roustabout. If you've seen that film, you'll remember that at one point, Elvis participates in "The Wall of Death," a dangerous cylindrical… More Irish youths Vinnie (Stephen Brennan) and Arthur (Eamon Morrissey) fight their ongoing boredom by running a video print of Elvis Presley's Roustabout. If you've seen that film, you'll remember that at one point, Elvis participates in "The Wall of Death," a dangerous cylindrical motorcycle stunt. Suddenly inspired, Vinnie and Arthur set about constructing their own Wall of Death. Supplies are costly, but the boys are benumbed to reality by their dreams of fame and fortune. Entering the picture (and foredooming the project) is con artist Boots (Niall Toibin), who claims to be an American showman bent upon giving Vinnie and Arthur a spectacular TV showcase. Like the later The Commitments, Eat the Peach deftly blends traditional sour-faced Irish pragmatism with pie-in-the-sky idealism. This time, however, there's no blarney: Eat the Peach is based on a true story! Privately financed in England and Ireland, the film earned good American bookings thanks to the sponsorship of filmmaker Jonathan Demme. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Peter Ormrod
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Eamon Morrissey
as Arthur
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Stephen Brennan
as Vinnie
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Catherine Byrne
as Nora Vinnie's wife
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Niall Toibin
as Boots
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Joe Lynch
as Boss Murtagh
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Tony Doyle
as Sean Murtagh
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Takashi Kawahara
as Bunzo
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Barbara Adair
as Mrs. Fleck
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Victoria Armstrong
as Vicky Vinnie's Daughter
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Gerry Robert Byrne
as Lookout At Border Bar
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Martin Dempsey
as Quiz/Master
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Jill Doyle
as Aileen
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Don Foley
as Journalist
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Barry Kelley
as TV Cameraman
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Bernadette O'Neill
as Nuala
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Paul Raynor
as O'Hagen
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Maeliosa Stafford
as Priest
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Ronan Wilmot
as Cahill
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John Andrew Gallagher
as Murtagh's Heavies
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Dave Carey
as Local
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Akiko Hoashi
as Japanese
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Brian J. Hogg
as Danny
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Patricia Jeffares
as Hospital Sister
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Dick Keating
as Nashville Three
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Pat Kenny
as TV Reporter
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Kobayashi
as Japanese
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Edmond Lynch
as TV Soundman
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Jack Lynch
as Man at Petrol Station
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Fintan McKeown
as Murtagh's Heavy
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David Nolan
as Murtagh's Heavy
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Frank Quinlan
as Nashville Three
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Jim Reid
as Nashville Three
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Liam Sweeney
as Cattle Driver
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Charles Winter
as Wall of Death Rider
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Mark Shelley
as Patrol Leader
