Overview - The Runway

Overview

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces the town to build a runway to get him home.

Cast

• Name: Demián Bichir

  Character: Ernesto Cordoba

  Popularity: 10.008

  

• Name: Kerry Condon

  Character: Grace Thomas

  Popularity: 15.021

  

• Name: James Cosmo

  Character: Shutherland

  Popularity: 17.545

  

• Name: Jamie Kierans

  Character: Paco Thomas

  Popularity: 0.024

  

• Name: Donncha Crowley

  Character: Tommy Carmody

  Popularity: 1.775

  

• Name: Bruno Bichir

  Character: Francisco de Caldus

  Popularity: 3.135

  

• Name: Pat Laffan

  Character: Manus

  Popularity: 3.034

  

• Name: David Pearse

  Character: Frog's Da

  Popularity: 6.685