Waking Ned

Waking Ned

How far would you go to win a fortune!

1998•1h 31m•7.1/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(335)

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

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Production

Tomboy Films, Canal+

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Ian Bannen

Ian Bannen

Jackie O'Shea

David Kelly

David Kelly

Michael O'Sullivan

Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan

Annie O'Shea

Susan Lynch

Susan Lynch

Maggie O'Toole

Brendan Dempsey

Brendan Dempsey

Jim Kelly

James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt

Pig Finn

Paul Vaughan

Paul Vaughan

Narrator (voice)

Maura O'Malley

Maura O'Malley

Mrs. Kennedy

Robert Hickey

Robert Hickey

Maurice O'Toole

Paddy Ward

Brendy O'Toole

James Ryland

Dennis Fitzgerald

Fintan McKeown

Fintan McKeown

Pat Mulligan

Eileen Dromey

Lizzy Quinn

Kitty Fitzgerald

Kitty

Dermot Kerrigan

Father Patrick

Jimmy Keogh

Ned Devine

Matthew Devitt

Matthew Devitt

Tom Toomey

Rennie Campbell

Rennie

Eamonn Doyle

Dicey Riley

Raymond MacCormac

The Whistler

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