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5.8 / 10 IMDb November 26, 1979 2h 8m
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he's the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.
Director
Runtime
2h 8m
Release Date
November 26, 1979
Genre
Drama, History
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Writers
Cast
Craig Wasson
as Michael Flaherty
Sterling Hayden
as Seamus Flaherty
Patricia Quinn
as Siobhan
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Niall O'Brien
as Emmett Donovan
T. P. McKenna
as John Russell
Niall Tóibín
as The Farmer
Frank Grimes
as Tony Coyle
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Elizabeth Begley
as Mrs Cochran
Bosco Hogan
as Finbar Donovan
Ray McAnally
as MacWhirter
J.G. Devlin
as Sean Tweeny
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Joe Dowling
as Pat
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Aiden Grennell
as Hanlan
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Joe McPartland
as Joe McDermott
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Des Cave
as Kevin McCann
Joe Lynch
as Sean Thompson
David Collings
as Maj. Nigel Percival
Allan Cuthbertson
as Stanley
Geoffrey Palmer
as Col. Wyndham
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Paul Antrim
as Father Jameson
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