At a time when lovable Irish rogues are harder than ever to love, Frank Cvitanovich, with his film Murphy's Stroke (Thames), somehow succeeded in making lovable Irish rogues seem quite lovable.Led by Tony Murphy, lovably played by Niall Toibin, the lovable rogues staged a caper by which a horse named Gay Future would come in first, instead of, as the world had been led to expect, last or never. They would thereby stand to make a profit of 270 grand. It was a measure of Cvitanovich's psychological subtlety that you quickly found yourself hoping they would get away with it.