Ruth McCabe

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Ruth McCabe - what members say

Takin' Over The Asylum review by Floot from Newent

Simply fantastic 11 February 2009
...in places, too, with a very brief Jack Nicholson impression that is uncanny. Ruth McCabe is similarly touching and funny in her portrayal of Rosalie, an ordinary housew... Read customer review

Wake Wood on DVD (2011)
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Ella Connolly, Amelia Crowley
Director: David Keating
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Still grieving the death of their only child, Alice, a young couple relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood where they stumble on a group of villagers practising Pagan rituals. They soon learn that this ritual has the power to bring back the dead, and would allow them three days with their beloved ..read more »

56% from 2,909 members

Single-Handed - Series 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Owen McDonnell, David Herlihy, Ruth McCabe
Director: Colm McCarthy, Anthony Byrne, Thaddeus O'Sulliva
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Owen McDonnell reprises his role as police sergeant Jack Driscoll in the critically acclaimed drama Single-Handed. Matthew McNulty (Lark Rise to Candleford) joins the cast as Brian Doyle, a cousin Jack never knew existed. Brought up in England, Brian returns to Ireland to discover the truth about ..read more »

38% from 9 members

Single-Handed - Series 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: Owen McDonnell, David Herlihy, Ruth McCabe
Director: Colm McCarthy, Anthony Byrne, Thaddeus O'Sullivan
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Jack Driscoll (Owen McDonnell), a Sergeant with the Irish police, is completely at home in his new patch; he ought to be as he was born and brought up there. He knows the people, he knows the West of Ireland and, more importantly, he knows how the two fit together. But this is no cushy posting; ..read more »

71% from 77 members

The Closer You Get on DVD (2000)
Starring: Niamh Cusack, Ian Hart, Ruth McCabe
Director: Aileen Ritchie
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A group of ordinary Irish fellows are bored and dissatisfied with the local women in their small town. Led by fashion-conscious butcher Ian, they decide to pool their resources and put an ad in an American newspaper inviting American women to their town dance in the hope of attracting some exciting ..read more »

56% from 390 members

An Everlasting Piece on DVD (2000)
Starring: Brian F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Billy Connolly
Director: Barry Levinson
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In the tradition of Waking Ned, An Everlasting Piece is a wicked and witty original comedy from director Barry Levinson. Set against the turbulent backdrop of Belfast in the 1980s, the Catholic Colm (Barry McEvoy) and Protestant George (Brian F. O’Byrne) convince a criminally insane wig salesman ..read more »

58% from 586 members

Takin' Over The Asylum (2 discs) on DVD (1994)
Starring: Ken Stott, Katy Murphy, Angus Macfadyen
Director: David Blair
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Six part BBC Scotland television drama about a hospital radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. The station is developed by alcoholic double glazing salesperson Eddie McKenna (Ken Stott), who is an aspiring DJ. At St. Jude's Hospital, he meets a range of people with varying mental illnesses.

82% from 910 members

The Snapper on DVD (1993)
Starring: Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe
Director: Stephen Frears
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Welcome to the helter-skelter Curley household. Dessie and Kay are proud parents of six loud, lively children. When their daughter Sharon announces that she is pregnant and refuses to name the father, shock-waves reverberate through the family and the neighbourhood.

63% from 993 members

My Left Foot on DVD (1989)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker
Director: Jim Sheridan
Certificate:
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Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance for the ages in this film based on DOWN ALL THE DAYS, the autobiography of Christy Brown, who overcame severe physical limitations to become an accomplished painter and writer. The film describes the astounding arc of Brown's life, starting with a childhood ..read more »

73% from 11,470 members

Wake Wood - 3.0 stars
Single-Handed - Series 2 - 2.0 stars
Single-Handed - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
The Closer You Get - 3.0 stars
An Everlasting Piece - 3.0 stars

Takin' Over The Asylum - 4.0 stars
My Left Foot - 3.5 stars
Single-Handed - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
The Snapper - 3.0 stars
An Everlasting Piece - 3.0 stars

Single-Handed - Series 2 - 2.0 stars
Wake Wood - 3.0 stars
The Closer You Get - 3.0 stars
An Everlasting Piece - 3.0 stars
The Snapper - 3.0 stars

Brian Gleeson - 7 times - show films
Ian McElhinney - 5 times - show films
Owen McDonnell - 5 times - show films
David Herlihy - 5 times - show films
Eanna MacLiam - 3 times - show films

Thaddeus O'Sulliva - 5 times - show films
Colm McCarthy - 5 times - show films
Anthony Byrne - 5 times - show films
David Blair - 3 times - show films
Jim Sheridan - 2 times - show films