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
- Demián Bichir as Ernesto Cordoba
- Kerry Condon as Grace Thomas
- James Cosmo as Shutherland
- Jamie Kierans as Paco Thomas
- Donncha Crowley as Tommy Carmody
- Bruno Bichir as Francisco de Caldus
- Pat Laffan as Manus
- David Pearse as Frog's Da
- Stephen Moran as Darren
- Martin Lucey as Ned