Freedom always comes with a price.
Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Mickey RourkeMartin Fallon
- Bob HoskinsFather Michael Da Costa
- Alan BatesJack Meehan
- Sammi DavisAnna
- Christopher FulfordBilly Meehan
- Liam NeesonLiam Docherty
- Leonard TermoBonati
- Camille CoduriJenny Fox
- Alison DoodySiobhan Donovan
- Maurice O'ConnellSuperintendant Miller
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- Mike HodgesDirector
- Edmund WardScreenplay
- Martin LynchScreenplay
- Jack HigginsNovel
- Michael GarfathDirector of Photography
- Peter BoyleEditor
- Peter SnellProducer
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