Movie
Road
Overview
Brothers addicted to speed at any price. Documentary following the motorcycle road racing careers, and fate, of the Dunlop family.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-06-11
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- DoubleBand Films
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Liam Neeson as Narrator (voice)
- Joey Dunlop as Self - Road Racer (archive footage)
- Robert Dunlop as Self - Road Racer (archive footage)
- Michael Dunlop as Self - Robert Dunlop's Youngest Son
- William Dunlop as Self - Robert Dunlop's Eldest Son
- Liam Beckett as Self - Dunlop Family Friend
- John McGuinness as Self - Road Racer
- Stephen Davidson as Self - Road Racing Writer & Photographer
- May Dunlop as Self - Joey & Robert Dunlop's Mother
- Jim Dunlop as Self - Joey & Robert Dunlop's Brother
- Linda Laverty as Self - Joey & Robert Dunlop's Sister
- Linda Dunlop as Self - Joey Dunlop's Wife
Crew
- Dermot Lavery - Director
- Michael Hewitt - Director
- Dermot Lavery - Writer
- Michael Hewitt - Writer
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