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11 June 1981 (Netherlands)
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A much disillusioned young man
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Craig Wasson | ... | Michael Flaherty |
| Sterling Hayden | ... | Seamus Flaherty |
| Patricia Quinn | ... | Siobhan |
| Niall O'Brien | ... | Emmet Donovan |
 | T.P. McKenna | ... | John Russell |
 | Niall Toibin | ... | The Farmer |
| Frank Grimes | ... | Tony Coyle |
| Elizabeth Begley | ... | Mrs. Cochran |
 | Bosco Hogan | ... | Finbar Donovan |
| Ray McAnally | ... | MacWhirter |
| J.G. Devlin | ... | Sean Tweeny |
| Joe Dowling | ... | Pat |
| Aiden Grennell | ... | Hanlan |
| Joe McPartland | ... | Joe McDermott |
| Des Cave | ... | Kevin McCann (as Desmond Cave) |
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The young Vietnam War veteran Michael Flaherty, from Detroit, (Craig Wasson) joins the IRA because his Irish grandfather fought for the cause and he has told Michael so many stories of his, and Michael wants to be just like him. After working briefly at the border, Michael's wish is granted- he is sent to Belfast, Northern Ireland, where all you can see is ruins and riots. All the while, Michael is not aware that he has been considered as an outsider and that he has been manipulated. To the IRA, he is nothing but a pawn for their 'public relations'. When Michael realises the brutal truth, he is utterly disillusioned. He only becomes further disillusioned when he has returned to America and his ill grandfather confesses to him yet another harsh truth...
I have been to Belfast, though not in the 1970s, but from what I've read and what I've seen, I can say this film vividly depicts the city of Belfast in the early 1970s, the peak of the Troubles. And not all of them fought for the cause. Some of them were indeed downright terrorists (again, I must reiterate, not ALL of them). The movie also portrays the cunning nature of the British Troops. The ending is a very clever one. I think I should track down the novel.