Film
The General
1998 · 2h 4m · Crime · Drama
The extraordinary true story of the rise and fall of the gangster, Martin Cahill.
- IMDb
- 7.2
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 83%
- Metacritic
- 81
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Overview
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
Cast
Brendan Gleeson
Martin Cahill
Adrian Dunbar
Noel Curley
Sean McGinley
Gary
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Frances
Angeline Ball
Tina
Jon Voight
Inspector Ned Kenny
Eanna MacLiam
Jimmy
Tom Murphy
Willie Byrne
John Cronin
Aiden
Paul Hickey
Anthony
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Tommy
Ned Dennehy
Gay
Pat Laffan
Sgt. Patrick Higgins
Eamonn Owens
Young Martin Cahill
Ronan Wilmot
James Donovan
David Wilmot
Assassin
Crew
- John BoormanDirector · Producer · Writer
- Kieran CorriganExecutive Producer
- Betsy DavisExecutive Producer
- James FlynnExecutive Producer
- P.J. PettietteExecutive Producer
- Seamus DeasyDirector of Photography
- Richie BuckleyOriginal Music Composer
- Ron DavisEditor
- Jina JayCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 1, 1998
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Rated
- R
- Revenue
- $1,214,198
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
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