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A Prayer for the Dying
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Overview

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Director:
Mike Hodges
Writers:
Jack Higgins (novel)
Edmund Ward (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 September 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama more
Plot:
Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck but instead kills a bus load of school children... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Mickey Rourke Heads For St. Vincent
 (From EmpireOnline. 9 February 2009, 12:18 AM, PST)

Bad-Boy Rourke Asks For Second Chance
 (From WENN. 31 August 2000)

User Comments:
Definitely the best Mickey Rourke film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mickey Rourke ... Martin Fallon

Bob Hoskins ... Father Michael Da Costa

Alan Bates ... Jack Meehan

Sammi Davis ... Anna

Christopher Fulford ... Billy Meehan

Liam Neeson ... Liam Docherty
Leonard Termo ... Bonati
Camille Coduri ... Jenny Fox
Maurice O'Connell ... Superintendant Miller

Alison Doody ... Siobhan Donovan
Karl Johnson ... Fitzgerald
Ian Bartholomew ... Kristou
Peggy Aitchison ... Mrs. Orton
Cliff Burnett ... Fred Varley

Anthony Head ... Rupert
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
Mike Hodges tried to get his name off the picture after creative interference from the Producers. He wasn't happy with the theatrical release of the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the beginning credit Liam Neeson is credited as Docherty. In most of the film everybody calls him Mulachy. more
Quotes:
Anna: You turned your back on killing. So has Martin Fallon.
Father Michael Da Costa: I'm not so sure he has!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Boondock Saints (1999) more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
Definitely the best Mickey Rourke film, 7 August 1999
10/10
Author: Ghost-Cat from Louisville, KY

It is a mystery for me how the great movies sometimes fall through the cracks. I don't expect it to be everyone's favorite but being completely missed by almost everybody? It puzzles me. If you up for a tough and disturbing movie tonight rent it. You won't be disappointed.

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Entertaining but ultimately stupid... hannahp1
CLASSIC SOUNDTRACK. ozzybat
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