| The General |
| Released date: 1998 |
| Actors: Adrian Dunbar , Angeline Ball , Brendan Gleeson , Ciaran Fitzgerald , Eanna MacLiam , John O'Toole , Jon Voight , Maria Doyle Kennedy , Ned Dennehy , Paul Hickey , Roxanna Williams , Sean McGinley , Tom Murphy , Tommy O'Neill , Vinny Murphy |
| Writer:John Boorman |
About movie:
John Boorman won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for this chronicle of Ireland's notorious Robin Hood, Martin Cahill (Brendan Gleeson), who was killed by the Irish Republican Army in 1994. Cahill grows from a scrappy boy into an unremorseful adult with a penchant for stealing from the rich. His lifetime nemesis, police inspector Ned Kenny (John Voight), trails Cahill relentlessly as his robberies become increasingly audacious. |
| Movie tags: Crime Dramas , Drama , Foreign Countries , Indie Dramas , Sony Pictures Home Entertainment , United Kingdom , R , Biographies |
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