The General
The extraordinary true story of the rise and fall of the gangster, Martin Cahill.
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- Drama
- Crime
Overview
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
Keywords
- based on true story
- gangster
- robbery
- ireland
- ira (irish republican army)
- police reporter
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 1, 1998
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Production
- Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland,Merlin Films,J & M
- Cast
- Brendan Gleeson,Adrian Dunbar,Sean McGinley,Maria Doyle Kennedy,Angeline Ball,Jon Voight,Eanna MacLiam,Tom Murphy,John Cronin,Paul Hickeyand 57 more
- Director
- John Boorman
- Writer
- John Boorman,Paul Williams
- Cinematography
- Seamus Deasy
- Music
- Richie Buckley
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $1,214,198
- IMDb
- tt0120706