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7.0/10   57 votes
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Director:
Tony Luraschi
Writers:
Colin Leinster (novel)
Tony Luraschi (writer)
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Release Date:
11 June 1981 (Netherlands) more
Genre:
Drama more
User Comments:
A gem that disappeared more

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Runtime:
128 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Detroit, Michigan, USA more

Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:
Broken English more

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A gem that disappeared, 30 May 2008
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Author: bklyn-boylan from United States

I happened to be in NYC when this was released. Read no reviews of it, but having recently seen Craig Wasson in Go Tell the Spartans (still the best fiction movie about Vietnam) and having admired Frank Grimes since I saw him as the lead in The Playboy of the Western World in Dublin years earlier, I decided to go. And was glad I did. This movie is a gem. Its disappearance after that initial showing in NYC (and probably other metro centers in the US) baffles me. Even more baffling is its non-resurrection in DVD. The Wasson character sort of made the film a sequel to Go Tell the Spartans. The story (which I won't spoil by telling the plot), about both IRA-ers and Brits using the American for their political ends was great, as were the acting and directing. Still vivid in my memory is the emotional ending with Wasson in a phone booth in Detroit. I keep searching for its release on DVD, with no luck.

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