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Broth of a Boy (1959)
Broth of a Boy is an even-keel film version of a play by British dramatist Hugh Leonard. Barry Fitzgerald plays the world's oldest man, a taciturn centenarian Irishman. Media representatives converge on Fitzgerald's village on the occasion of the old coot's 110th birthday. The eager TV exec who stages the event discovers that damage control is definitely in order: not only is Fitzgerald a widely despised poacher, but he also truculently refuses to participate in the ceremony. Broth of a Boy is a pleasant, easygoing satire of exploitive journalism--a target that is as viable today as it was in 1959. Askey replies.. "Well I didn't do it!" 
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What was that American media exploitation film with Kirk Douglas in it, when some guy gets trapped in a cave or something....
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lol no where near...about the birthday exploitation of the oldest man alive.
Askey replies.. "Well I didn't do it!"
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He may be King Leer, but, what was the film called, it's annoying me now, he is some newshound down on his luck and the story gets blown out of all proportion by the media. A lesson there me thinks.
The Broth of a Boy I have seen and it is very good, I thought it went under a different title though.
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I think Proudman camp had a diff title?
Askey replies.. "Well I didn't do it!"
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