The Matchmaker
The Matchmaker
Release: 1997-10-03
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Romance
Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
Good Film Company
Working Title Films
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Gramercy Pictures
Cast
David O'Hara
as Sean Kelly
Robert Mandan
as McGlory Senior
Paul Hickey
as Declan Kelly
Stuart Dunne
as Head Bang Man
Milo O’Shea
as Dermot O'Brien
Tommy Tiernan
as Vince
Frankie McCafferty
as Jimmy "McGlory"
Gerry O'Brien
as Fisherman
Jay O. Sanders
as Senator John McGlory
Robert Hickey
as Michael (Fake McGlory)
Maria Doyle Kennedy
as Sarah Kelly
Denis Leary
as Nick
David Kelly
as O'Connor
Owen O'Neill
as Garda
Saffron Burrows
as Moira Kennedy Kelly
Joan Sheehy
as Bus Passenger
Conor McDermottroe
as Paul
Ned Dennehy
as 1st Aran Singer
Vincent Walsh
as Philip
Nancy O'Brien
as Journalist
Janeane Garofalo
as Marcy Tizard
