The Irishman 2019
Directed by Martin Scorsese
- Crime, Drama, History
- 209 min
- R
Rotten Tomatoes95%Metacritic94
His story changed history.
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
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Cast
- Robert De NiroFrank Sheeran
- Al PacinoJimmy Hoffa
- Joe PesciRussell Bufalino
- Harvey KeitelAngelo Bruno
- Ray RomanoBill Bufalino
- Bobby CannavaleSkinny Razor
- Anna PaquinOlder Peggy Sheeran
- Stephen GrahamAnthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano
- Stephanie KurtzubaIrene Sheeran
- Jack HustonRobert Kennedy / RFK
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- Martin ScorseseDirector
- Steven ZaillianScreenplay
- Rodrigo PrietoDirector of Photography
- Robbie RobertsonOriginal Music Composer
- Thelma SchoonmakerEditor
- Gastón PavlovichProducer
- Randall EmmettProducer
- Emma Tillinger KoskoffProducer
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