Cowboys & Angels is an Irish film released on May 14, 2003, at the Cannes Film Market in France. Set in Limerick

Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...

 city, the movie stars Michael Legge

Michael Legge (actor)

Michael Legge is a Northern Irish actor.He has appeared in a number of stage, film, television and radio roles. He may be best known for playing the teenaged Frank McCourt in Alan Parker's 1999 film, Angela's Ashes....

 as Shane and Allen Leech

Allen Leech

Allen Leech is an Irish stage, television and film actor, best known for his role as Marcus Agrippa in the 2007 HBO television series Rome, and his role as chauffeur Tom Branson in ITV 2010 television series Downton Abbey....

 as Vincent, Shane's gay roommate. The film was directed by David Gleeson

David Gleeson

David Gleeson is an Irish film director and writer.- Gleeson :Gleeson is third generation cinema. His grandfather opened up a theater in the early forties and his father carried on in the same business, opening up several more screens across the south west of Ireland...

, who also directed the gritty Dublin thriller The Front Line

The Front Line (2006 film)

The Front Line is a 2006 Irish crime drama film. The film revolves around a Congolese immigrant working in a bank in Dublin city whose family is kidnapped by a gang of criminals who force him to be the inside man on their robbery of the bank. The film is directed by David Gleeson....

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Plot

The story concerns a hapless civil servant (Shane) who gets more than he bargained for when he moves into an apartment with a gay fashion student (Vincent) and finds himself on the catwalk. The film sets out to explore the difficulties faced by young people in keeping their identities in a fast moving culture of drugs and clubs.

Cast and crew

Selected cast list

Character	Actor/Actress
Shane Butler	Michael Legge Michael Legge Michael Legge may refer to:*Michael Legge , Irish comedian*Michael Legge , Northern Ireland-born actor*Michael Legge , American actor and independent filmmaker...
Vincent Cusack	Allen Leech Allen Leech Allen Leech is an Irish stage, television and film actor, best known for his role as Marcus Agrippa in the 2007 HBO television series Rome, and his role as chauffeur Tom Branson in ITV 2010 television series Downton Abbey....
Gemma	Amy Shiels
Keith	David Murray
Jerry	Frank Kelly Frank Kelly Frank Kelly is an Irish actor, singer and writer, whose career has covered television, radio, theatre, music, screenwriting and film. He is best known for his role as Father Jack Hackett in the comedy Father Ted. He is the son of the cartoonist Charles E...

Selected crew list

Position	Held by
Director	David Gleeson
Writer
Producer	James Flynn
	Brendan McCarthy Brendan McCarthy Brendan McCarthy is a British artist and designer best known for his work in comic books, film and television.- Biography :Brendan McCarthy, of Irish descent, was born in London. Brendan soon began painting and drawing his own home-made comics....
	Nathalie Lichtenthaeler
	Peter Stockhaus
	Chris Chrisafis
Casting	Gillian Reynolds Gillian Reynolds Gillian Reynolds MBE, née Morton is a British radio critic, journalist and broadcaster. The daughter of market traders in Liverpool, she was educated at St Anne's College, Oxford University....
	Greg McCarthy Greg McCarthy Gregory O'Neil McCarthy is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He played for the Seattle Mariners from to .In , McCarthy pitched for the independent Macon Peaches of the Southeastern League...

Awards

• Dallas Out Takes - Michael Legge won best actor.
• Giffoni Film Festival - David Gleeson
  David Gleeson
  David Gleeson is an Irish film director and writer.- Gleeson :Gleeson is third generation cinema. His grandfather opened up a theater in the early forties and his father carried on in the same business, opening up several more screens across the south west of Ireland...
  
  (director) won AGIS Gold Medal and ARCA Enel Award.