Cowboys & Angels

How far will you go?

This story concerns a hapless civil servant who gets more than he bargains for when he moves into an apartment in Limerick with a gay fashion student and becomes a star on the catwalk. A contemporary story embracing the essence of what it is to be young in today's Ireland.

2004

1h 26min

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Top Billed Cast

Michael Legge
Shane
Allen Leech
Vincent
Amy Shiels
Gemma
Sean Power
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Frank Kelly
Jerry
David Murray
Keith
Colm Coogan
Budgie
Maeve McGrath
Anne
Alvaro Lucchesi
Bunny
Nigel Mercier
Inspector
David Murray
Kieth
Mike Finn
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Mary Harvey
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